Ruby Gentry

Ruby Gentry
Directed by King Vidor
Produced by Joseph Bernhard
King Vidor
Written by Arthur Fitz-Richard
Silvia Richards
Starring Jennifer Jones
Charlton Heston
Karl Malden
Cinematography Russell Harlan
Studio Bernhard-Vidor Productions Inc.
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s) December 25, 1952 (New York)
Running time 82 min.
Language English

Ruby Gentry is a 1952 film noir, directed by King Vidor and starring Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston and Karl Malden.[1]

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Synopsis

A poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, while carrying a torch for another man.

Cast

Theme song

The film's theme song, "Ruby", was composed by Heinz Eric Roemheld.[2] It has subsequently become a jazz & pop standard, both as an instrumental and with lyrics by Mitchell Parish.

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