Autumn Leaves is a 1956 American psychological drama film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Joan Crawford in an older woman/younger man tale of mental illness.

Autumn Leaves: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene. A lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is …

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Plot Summary: Few actresses other than Joan Crawford could have successfully pulled off the melodramatic excesses of Autumn Leaves. Though a very attractive fortysomething, Crawford …

Nov 19, 2025 · Lorne Greene and Joan Crawford in Autumn Leaves. Autumn Leaves turns out not to want to humiliate its lead, played by an actress by then long iconic for playing extraordinary …

An aging, lonely spinster marries a good-looking younger man only to find that he has a very tormented past and is mentally disturbed.

P art film noir, part love story, and part social message film, Robert Aldrich’s Autumn Leaves dazzles in its ability to combine postwar loneliness, sacrificial love, and violent psychopathy …

In the dark, when I feel his heart pounding against mine - is it love? or frenzy? or terror? A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

Autumn Leaves (1956) Few actresses other than Joan Crawford could have successfully pulled off the melodramatic excesses of Autumn Leaves. Though a very attractive fortysomething, …

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