• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Director: Rouben Mamoulian
• Main Cast: Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Esmond Knight, Sybil Thorndike, Edward Chapman
• Release Year: 1950
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

The brooding British romantic drama Gone to Earth is better known by its American title The Wild Heart. Filmed in England and cofinanced by David O. Selznick and Alexander Korda, the film stars Jennifer Jones (Mrs. Selznick) as Hazel Woodus, a tempestuous Welsh gypsy maid who can't seem to stay out of trouble. Feeling more of a kinship with woodland animals than with human beings, the Hazel enters into a loveless marriage with minister Edward Marston (Cyril Cusack). Believing she's been born under a curse which will punish her if she ever truly falls in love, Hazel does her best to suppress her carnal desires, but gives up the struggle when she begins an affair with vicar Jack Reddin (David Farrar). Her inability to be mistress of her own fate leads to a spectacularly tragic denouement. Based on a novel by Mary Webb, Gone to Earth was cut from 110 minutes to 82 for its American release; the latter version included a narration by Joseph Cotten and several new scenes directed by Rouben Mamoulien. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Jennifer Jones - Hazel Woodus
• David Farrar - Jack Reddin
• Cyril Cusack - Edward Marston
• Esmond Knight - Abel Woodus
• Sybil Thorndike - Mrs. Marston
• Edward Chapman - Mr. James

Hugh Griffith - Andrew Vessons; Beatrice Varley - Aunt Prowde; George Cole - Albert; Frances Clare - Amelia Comber; Valentine Dunn - Martha; Richmond Nairne - Mathias Booker; Joseph Cotten - Narrator (US version); Sidney James - Barman (Knucksie); Gerald Lawson - Roadmender/Elder; Bartlett Mullins - Chapel elder; Raymond Rollett - Landlord/Elder; Owen Holder - Narrator; Arthur Reynolds - Chapel elder; Peter Dunlop - Cornet Player

Credit

Christopher G. Challis - Cinematographer; W. Percy Day - Special Effects; Brian Easdale - Composer (Music Score); Freddie Francis - Camera Operator; Arthur Lawson - Art Director; Rouben Mamoulian - Director; Rouben Mamoulian - Screenwriter; Reginald Mills - Editor; Michael Powell - Director; Michael Powell - Producer; Michael Powell - Screenwriter; Emeric Pressburger - Director; Emeric Pressburger - Producer; Emeric Pressburger - Screenwriter; David O. Selznick - Producer; Sydney Streeter - First Assistant Director; Ivy Baker - Costume Designer; Hein Heckroth - Production Designer; Julia Squire - Costume Designer; Charles Poulton - Sound/Sound Designer; Red Law - Sound/Sound Designer; George R. Busby - Producer; John Cox - Sound/Sound Designer; Mary Webb - Book Author

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