All That Heaven Allows
Dir: Douglas SirkCast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
89mins 1955 US Certificate: U English
All That Heaven Allows
Part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film
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Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
'Romance novel in narrative, this transcends its genre with visual depth and perceptive socio-cultural insights' - David Parkinson, Empire
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