Autumn Leaves References Autumn Leaves film by Aldrich [1956] Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Robert Aldrich/ Early workAldrich next directed the thriller Autumn Leaves (1956), in which Joan Crawford portrayed a spinster typist who marries a much-younger man (played by Cliff Robertson) only to learn that he is schizophrenic. Read MoreAldrich next directed the thriller Autumn Leaves (1956), in which Joan Crawford portrayed a spinster typist who marries a much-younger man (played by Cliff Robertson) only to learn that he is schizophrenic. Read More