Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 American crime thriller movie directed by John M. Stahl and was based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Ben Ames Williams. It stars Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Mary Philips, Gene Lockhart, Darryl Hickman, Reed Hadley and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for 4 Oscars and won an Academy Award in 1946.