Wuthering Heights

1939·104'

William Wyler

DramaRomance

★ 7.2

Letterboxd TMDB #3084

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

Merle Oberon Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

Laurence Olivier Heathcliff

David Niven Edgar Linton

Flora Robson Ellen Dean

Donald Crisp Dr. Kenneth

Geraldine Fitzgerald Isabella Linton

Hugh Williams Hindley Earnshaw

Leo G. Carroll Joseph

Miles Mander Lockwood

Cecil Kellaway Earnshaw

Cecil Humphreys Judge Linton

Sarita Wooton Cathy as a Child