All That Heaven Allows

Synopsis

Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is a wealthy widow and a respected member of New England’s tight-knit country club society. When she falls in love with Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), a handsome and much younger gardener, their relationship scandalises her community. Their romance defies the rigid social codes of 1950s middle-class America, as scandal, family alienation and prejudice threaten to pull them apart.

Douglas Sirk’s timeless melodrama is a Technicolor masterpiece, featuring career-best performances from Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. It stands as a landmark of cinematic storytelling—capturing both the suffocating comfort of conformity and the radiant power of forbidden desire.

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