Autumn Leaves (1956)

Director

• Robert Aldrich

Starring

• Joan Crawford
• Cliff Robertson
• Vera Miles
• Lorne Greene
• Ruth Donnelly

Last On

14:40-16:45 Tue 25th Nov 2008 125m
Film4

Synopsis

In this dark melodrama, Joan Crawford marries her toyboy lover and then discovers that he's a little, shall we say, disturbed, if not totally deranged. Given an X certificate for its release in the UK, the film features all the hallmarks of director Robert Aldrich: misogyny, misanthropy and murderous intent, a trio of themes he would happily reprise with Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Cliff Robertson puts in a distinguished performance as Crawford's dangerous other half, although his naturalistic acting style clashes somewhat with Crawford's all-stops-out performance.