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Writers (WGA):
Jean Rouverol (written by) (front Jack Jevne) &Hugo Butler (written by) (front Jack Jevne) ...
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Release Date:
1 August 1956 (USA) moreTagline:
In the dark, when I feel his heart pounding against mine - is it love? or frenzy? or terror?Plot:
Millicent Wetherby is a middle-aged woman whose life is devoid of love and affection. Millicent's solitary... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
The autumn leaves of red and gold (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 1 November 2009, 7:22 PM, PST)
Spillane's Secretary In Kiss Me Deadly Dead At 84
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Joan suffers and suffers but it's a fan's delight... more (27 total)US TV Schedule:
| Wed. Nov. 18 | 2:00 PM | TCM |
Cast
(Credited 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 |
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107 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Norway:16 | USA:Approved (PCA #17762) | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15Filming Locations:
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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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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JOAN CRAWFORD was approaching that phase of her career where women of "a certain age" don't have much of a choice in being able to find good scripts. If they do, it's usually a bit of a comedown from the kind of roles they were offered in their heyday.
AUTUMN LEAVES is no exception. While it's by no means a disaster, it does strain credibility and proves to be a rather over-baked vehicle for an actress who was by now getting to suffer more and more in stylish women's films that suited her screen persona.
Here she is teamed with newcomer CLIFF ROBERTSON, new to films after a brief stint on stage in plays like "Picnic". He plays a young charmer she befriends at a diner (after a concert) and before you know it they're an item at the local beach-front. Hastily, impulsively swept off her feet by this twenty-year younger man, she allows herself to marry him but then discovers that he has a troubled past that makes him turn into a monster when he doesn't get his way.
It's the kind of role Crawford was born to play and she goes through all the motions beautifully under Robert Aldrich's direction. Women fans will especially enjoy the fantasy aspect of such a story and will probably pine away with wistful longing when they watch Robertson take Joan in his arms. Some unexpected turns by LORNE GREENE (as Robertson's father) and VERA MILES (as a woman Crawford calls "a slut").
Summing up: A good Joan Crawford melodrama--but SUDDEN FEAR was better.