Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

104 mins | Drama, Romance | April 7, 1939

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.

Wuthering Heights

104 mins | Drama, Romance | April 7, 1939

Wuthering Heights
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers United Artists, Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Original title Wuthering Heights
Directors Walter Mayo, William Wyler
Writers Emily Brontë, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

Cast

Merle Oberon

as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

Laurence Olivier

as Heathcliff

David Niven

as Edgar Linton

Flora Robson

as Ellen Dean

Donald Crisp

as Dr. Kenneth

Geraldine Fitzgerald

as Isabella Linton

Hugh Williams

as Hindley Earnshaw

Leo G. Carroll

as Joseph

Miles Mander

as Lockwood

Cecil Kellaway

as Earnshaw

Cecil Humphreys

as Judge Linton

Sarita Wooton

as Cathy as a Child

Rex Downing

as Heathcliff as a Child

Douglas Scott

as Hindley as a Child

Frank Benson

as Heathcliff Servant (uncredited)

Romaine Callender

as Robert (uncredited)

Richard Clucas

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Vernon Downing

as Giles (uncredited)

Alice Ehlers

as Madame Ehlers (uncredited)

Harold Entwistle

as Beadle (uncredited)

Peter Gowland

as Dancer (uncredited)

Helena Grant

as Miss Hudkins (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Party Guest / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Susanne Leach

as Guest (uncredited)

Tommy Martin

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Schuyler Standish

as Little Boy (uncredited)

William Stelling

as Dancer (uncredited)

Diane Williams

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

as Linton Servant (uncredited)

Philip Winter

as Cathy's Partner (uncredited)