Wuthering Heights
1939 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy-- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.
Direction William Wyler
Cast Merle Oberon · Laurence Olivier · David Niven · Flora Robson · Donald Crisp · Geraldine Fitzgerald · Hugh Williams · Cecil Kellaway · Leo G. Carroll
Soundtrack Alfred Newman
Screenplay Ben Hecht · Charles MacArthur · Emily Brontë
Cinematography Gregg Toland
Original title Wuthering Heights
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