“God be her judge” ( English Leave Her to Heaven ) is an American color film noir based on the bestseller of the same name by Ben Ames Williams. The film brought in $ 5,000,000 to 20th Century Fox , becoming the company's highest grossing picture in the 1940s.
| God be her judge | |
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| Leave her to heaven | |
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| Genre | noir |
| Producer | John M. became |
| Producer | William E. Bacher |
| Author script | Joe suerling |
| In the main cast | Gene Tierney Cornel Wilde |
| Operator | Leon Shamroy |
| Composer | Alfred Newman |
| Film company | 20th Century Fox |
| Duration | 110 min |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | English |
| Year | 1945 |
| IMDb | ID 0037865 |
Content
Story
Writer Richard Harland meets a socialite Ellen Berent on a train. Ellen falls in love with the writer, seeing in him a resemblance to the late father, to whom she was attached to obsession. She quickly resigns to former groom Russell Quinton and marries Harland.
It gradually turns out that Ellen is pathologically jealous of any person or occupation to which her husband is partial. First, Richard’s younger brother, deprived of the ability to walk, “accidentally” drowns. Then the pregnant Ellen “accidentally” falls down the stairs, because of which she loses the child. When Ellen confesses to Richard in everything, he leaves her. Ellen decides to poison herself, hoping in this way to substitute her cousin Ruth, to whom Richard is very attached.
Russell Quinton attorney at trial. Under pressure, Ruth admits that she loves Richard. Richard then testifies to Ellen's jealousy and her confessions. Ruth was acquitted, and Richard was sentenced to two years in prison for hiding Ellen's actions.
Cast
- Gene Tierney - Ellen Berent Harland
- Cornel Wilde - Richard Harland
- Genie Crane - Ruth Harland
- Vincent Price - Russell Quinton
- Mary Philips - Mrs. Berent
- Ray Collins - Glen Roby
- Gene Lockhart - Dr. Saunders
- Reid Hadley - Dr. Mason
- Darryl Hickman - Danny Harland
- Chill Wills - Lick Thorne
Awards and nominations
Rewards
Oscar :
- 1946 - Best Cinematography ( Leon Shamroy )
Nominations
Oscar :
- 1946 - Best Actress ( Gene Tierney )
- 1946 - Best work of production designer / decorator ( Lyle R. Wheeler , Maurice Ransford , Thomas Little )
- 1946 - Best Sound ( Thomas T. Moulton )
Links
- “God be her judge” on the Internet Movie Database
- God be her judge (English) on allmovie
- “God be her judge” on the Rotten Tomatoes website