All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byDouglas Sirk
Screenplay byPeg Fenwick based on the novel by Edna L. Lee
Harry Lee
Produced byRoss Hunter
StarringJane Wyman
Rock Hudson
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byFrank Gross
Music byFrank Skinner
Color processTechnicolor (as print by Technicolor)
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • August 25, 1955 (1955-08-25) (UK)
  • December 25, 1955 (1955-12-25) (U.S.)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.1 million (US/Canada rentals)

All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 American melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter, and adapted by Peg Fenwick from a novel by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. It stars Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a tale about the social complications that arise following the development of a romance between a well-to-do widow and a younger poorer man. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.