Wuthering Heights poster
Director William Wyler
Screenplay Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

Wuthering Heights

Tagline: I am torn with Desire . . tortured by hate!

Release Date: 1939-04-07

Duration: 104 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Laurence Olivier
    Heathcliff
  • David Niven
    Edgar Linton
  • Merle Oberon
    Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
  • Leo G. Carroll
    Joseph
  • Miles Mander
    Lockwood
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald
    Isabella Linton
  • Sam Harris
    Party Guest / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
  • Donald Crisp
    Dr. Kenneth
  • Peter Gowland
    Dancer (uncredited)
  • Cecil Kellaway
    Earnshaw