Wuthering Heights (1939)
April 7, 1939
Drama, Romance
1h 44m
I am torn with Desire . . tortured by hate!
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- William Wyler
- Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton Merle Oberon
- Heathcliff Laurence Olivier
- Edgar Linton David Niven
- Ellen Dean Flora Robson
- Dr. Kenneth Donald Crisp
- Isabella Linton Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Hindley Earnshaw Hugh Williams
- Joseph Leo G. Carroll
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Keywords
- jealousy
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- love of one's life
- central and south america
- rags to riches
- rivalry
- yorkshire
- moor (terrain)
- 19th century