My Foolish Heart (1949 film)

My Foolish Heart
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Robson
Written by	Julius J. Epstein Philip G. Epstein J.D. Salinger (short story)
Based on	Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut 1948 story in The New Yorker by J. D. Salinger
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Dana Andrews Susan Hayward Kent Smith Lois Wheeler Robert Keith Jessie Royce Landis
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Daniel Mandell
Music by	Victor Young
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	December 25, 1949 (1949-12-25) (Los Angeles)[1] January 21, 1950 (1950-01-21) (U.S.)[1]
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,725,000[2]

My Foolish Heart is a 1949 American romantic drama film^[3] directed by Mark Robson, starring Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward. It relates the story of a woman's reflections on the bad turns her life has taken.

Adapted from J. D. Salinger's 1948 short story "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut", this remains the only authorized film adaptation of Salinger's work; the filmmakers' infidelity to his story was responsible for precluding any other film versions of other Salinger works, including The Catcher in the Rye. The film inspired the Danish story Mit dumme hjerte by Victor Skaarup.