Wuthering Heights (1939)

NR04/07/1939Drama, Romance1h 44m
  • User
    Score

I am torn with Desire . . tortured by hate!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Merle Oberon

    Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

  2. Cast 1

    Laurence Olivier

    Heathcliff

  3. Cast 1

    David Niven

    Edgar Linton

  4. Cast 1

    Flora Robson

    Ellen Dean

  5. Cast 1

    Donald Crisp

    Dr. Kenneth

  6. Cast 1

    Geraldine Fitzgerald

    Isabella Linton

  7. Cast 1

    Hugh Williams

    Hindley Earnshaw

  8. Cast 1

    Leo G. Carroll

    Joseph

  9. Cast 1

    Miles Mander

    Lockwood

Cathy, Cathy, come in, Cathy come back to me. Wuthering Heights is directed by William Wyler and adapted to screenplay by Charles MacArthur & Ben Hecht from the novel of the same name written by Emily Bronte. It stars Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Flora Robson. Music is scored by Alfred Newman and cinematography is by Gregg Toland. OK, so it's only a part of Bronte's classic novel, and yes some liberties have been taken, but Wuthering Heights is still a wonderfully involving picture. Expertly played by the actors and directed with adroitness, it's ...