All That Heaven Allows 1955 PG

Production still from All That Heaven Allows 1955 / Director: Douglas Sirk / Image courtesy: Universal Pictures Australia / View full image
When
1.00 pm, Sun 21 Sep 2025 (89 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
Admission
Free
About
‘This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk follows the blossoming love between a well-off widow (Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Rock Hudson). When their romance prompts the scorn of her children and country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others. With the help of ace cinematographer Russell Metty, Sirk imbues nearly every shot with a vivid and distinct emotional tenor. A profoundly felt film about class and conformity in small-town America, All That Heaven Allows is a pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.’ Criterion
PG | Mild violence
Production Credits
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Script: Peggy Thompson, Edna L. Lee, Harry Lee
- Cinematographer: Russell Metty
- Editor: Frank Gross
- Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
- Print Source: NBCUniversal Archives & Collections, Los Angeles
- Rights: Universal Pictures Australia
- Year: 1955
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm