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All That Heaven Allows is a american film of genre Drama directed by Douglas Sirk released in USA on 25 december 1955 with Jane Wyman
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
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Add to a movie listAll That Heaven Allows is a 1955 romance feature film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a tale about a well-to-do widow and a younger landscape designer falling in love. The screenplay was written by Peg Fenwick based upon a story by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. The film was directed by Douglas Sirk and produced by Ross Hunter.
In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is an affluent widow in suburban New England, whose social life involves her country club peers, college-age children, and a few men vying for her affection.Actors
Jane Wyman
(Cary Scott)
Rock Hudson
(Ron Kirby)
Agnes Moorehead
(Sara Warren)
Conrad Nagel
(Harvey)
Virginia Grey
(Alida Anderson)
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