All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows
An illustration of a man wearing a red flannel shirt kisses a woman with a 1950s-style updo.
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byDouglas Sirk
Screenplay byPeg Fenwick based on the novel by Edna L. Lee
Harry Lee
Produced byRoss Hunter
StarringJane Wyman
Rock Hudson
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byFrank Gross
Music byFrank Skinner
Color processTechnicolor (as print by Technicolor)
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • August 25, 1955 (1955-08-25) (London)
[2]
  • December 25, 1955 (1955-12-25) (United States)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.1 million (US/Canada rentals)[3]

All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 American drama romance film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter, and adapted by Peg Fenwick from a novel by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. It stars Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a tale about the social complications that arise following the development of a romance between a well-to-do widow and a younger man, who owns a tree nursery. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.[4]

  1. ^ All That Heaven Allows at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "All That Heaven Allows". Kinematograph Weekly. London, England. August 18, 1955. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Top Film Grossers of 1956". Variety. January 2, 1957. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 14, 2020.