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Wuthering Heights

1939-1h 44min
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7.2 / 10 279

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.

Directed by William Wyler

Writers Ben Hecht Emily Brontë Charles MacArthur

Stars Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier David Niven

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Cast

Merle Oberon's picture in the cast

Merle Oberon

Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
Laurence Olivier's picture in the cast

Laurence Olivier

Heathcliff
David Niven's picture in the cast

David Niven

Edgar Linton
Flora Robson's picture in the cast

Flora Robson

Ellen Dean
Donald Crisp's picture in the cast

Donald Crisp

Dr. Kenneth
Geraldine Fitzgerald's picture in the cast

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Isabella Linton
Hugh Williams's picture in the cast

Hugh Williams

Hindley Earnshaw
Leo G. Carroll's picture in the cast

Leo G. Carroll

Joseph
Miles Mander's picture in the cast

Miles Mander

Lockwood
Cecil Kellaway's picture in the cast

Cecil Kellaway

Earnshaw
Cecil Humphreys's picture in the cast

Cecil Humphreys

Judge Linton
Sarita Wooton's picture in the cast

Sarita Wooton

Cathy as a Child

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