Autumn Leaves (1956)

Regista:

Robert Aldrich

Writers (WGA):

Jean Rouverol (written by) (front Jack Jevne) &
Hugo Butler (written by) (front Jack Jevne) ...

Data di uscita:

1 agosto 1956 (USA)

Genere:

Drama

Slogan:

In the dark, when I feel his heart pounding against mine - is it love? or frenzy? or terror?

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Older Woman Younger Man | Female Protagonist | Age Difference | Past | May December Romance

Premi:

1 win

Recensioni degli utenti:

Superb Aldrich melodrama.

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Millicent Wetherby
Vera Miles	...	Virginia Hanson
Lorne Greene	...	Mr. Hanson
Ruth Donnelly	...	Liz Eckhart
Shepperd Strudwick	...	Dr. Malcolm Couzzens
Selmer Jackson	...	Mr. Wetherby
Maxine Cooper	...	Nurse Evans
Marjorie Bennett	...	Waitress
Frank Gerstle	...	Mr. Ramsey
Leonard Mudie	...	Colonel Hillyer
Maurice Manson	...	Dr. Masterson
Cliff Robertson	...	Burt Hanson

Alias:

The Way We Are (USA) (working title)
Foglie d'autunno (Italy) [it]

Durata:

107 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

West Germany:16 (f) | USA:Approved (PCA #17762) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Luoghi delle riprese:

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

William Goetz Productions

Citazioni:

Virginia: Sure, he should be committed!
Milly: Of course, you'd want me to commit him, get him out of your life, put him away permanently someplace where he can never again remind either one of you of your horrible guilt; how you and you had committed the ugliest of all possible sins, so ugly that it drove him into the state he's in now!
Mr. Hanson: What kind of a woman are you to be satisfied with only half a man? There must be so...
Milly: Even when he doesn't know what he's doing, he's a saner man than you are! He's decent and proud. Can you say the same for yourselves? Where's your decency? In what garbage dump, Mr. Hanson? And where's yours, you tramp?
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV)

Colonna sonora:

Autumn Leaves

Superb Aldrich melodrama.

Fine performances from Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson give this taught drama more emotional resonance than might be expected from the plot summary. Crawford is superb - all huge eyes and trembling lips, she makes the relationship with Robertson's character believable and moving. The tentative start to the relationship is especially effective.

Burt Hanson's mental deterioration is quite graphically portrayed and at one point, I have to admit, I was peering through my fingers at the screen. It was purely by chance that I stumbled across this movie on late night television. Despite being a fan of classic movies all my life, I had never heard of this one and I have to say that I'm surprised. It deserves to be better known.