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Wuthering Heights ()

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A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
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Cathy
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Heathcliff
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Edgar
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Ellen
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Dr. Kenneth
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Isabella
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Hindley
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Joseph
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Lockwood
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Earnshaw
Cecil Humphreys ...
Judge Linton
Sarita Wooton ...
Cathy (as a child) (as Sarita Wooten)
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Heathcliff (as a child)
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Hindley (as a child)
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Frank Benson ...
Heathcliff Servant (uncredited)
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Robert (uncredited)
Richard Clucas ...
Little Boy (uncredited)
Vernon Downing ...
Giles (uncredited)
Alice Ehlers ...
Madame Ehlers - harpsichordist at party (uncredited)
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Beadle (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
Helena Grant ...
Miss Hudkins (uncredited)
Bobbie Hale ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Party Guest / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Well Wisher at Wedding (uncredited)
Susanne Leach ...
Guest (uncredited)
Tommy Martin ...
Little Boy (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
Catherine Price ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
Schuyler Standish ...
Little Boy (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
Diane Williams ...
Little Girl (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Linton Servant (uncredited)
Philip Winter ...
Cathy's Partner (uncredited)

Directed by

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William Wyler

Written by

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Charles MacArthur ... (screen play) and
Ben Hecht ... (screen play)
 
Emily Brontë ... (from the novel by) (as Emily Bronté)
 
John Huston ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Samuel Goldwyn ... producer

Music by

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Alfred Newman

Cinematography by

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Gregg Toland ... (photography)

Editing by

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Daniel Mandell

Art Direction by

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James Basevi
Alexander Toluboff ... (uncredited)

Set Decoration by

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Sydney Moore
Julia Heron ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Omar Kiam ... (costumes)

Makeup Department

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Robert Stephanoff ... make-up artist (as Blagoe Stephanoff)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Walter Mayo ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Paul Neal ... sound recorder

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W. Percy Day ... matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts

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Jewel Jordan ... stunt double Sarita Wooten (uncredited) / stunt double: Merle Oberon (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Vic Jones ... gaffer (uncredited)
Bert Shipman ... camera operator (uncredited)
Charles Straumer ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Location Management

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Gus Schroeder ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Russell Bennett ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Alfred Newman ... conductor (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Samuel Goldwyn ... presenter
Jack Crosby ... dances (uncredited)
Lynn Farnol ... general press representative (uncredited)
Peter Shaw ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The story of unfortunate lovers Cathy (Merle Oberon) and Heathcliff (Sir Laurence Olivier) who, despite a deep affection for one another, are forced by circumstance and prejudice to live their lives apart. Heathcliff and Cathy first meet as children when her father, Mr. Earnshaw (Cecil Kellaway) brings the abandoned boy to live with them. When the old man dies several years later, Cathy's brother, Hindley (Hugh Williams), now the master of the estate, turns Heathcliff out, forcing him to live with the servants and working as a stable boy. The barrier of class comes between them, and she eventually marries a rich neighbor, Edgar Linton (David Niven), at which point, Heathcliff disappears. He returns several years later, now a rich man, but little can be done. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines A Story of Vengeful Thwarted Love See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les Hauts de Hurlevent (France)
  • Stürmische Höhen (Germany)
  • Sturmhöhe (Germany)
  • Cims borrascosos (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Cumbres borrascosas (Spain)
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  • 104 min
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Trivia Laurence Olivier found himself becoming increasingly annoyed with director William Wyler's exhausting style of filmmaking. After yet another take, he is said to have exclaimed, "For God's sake, I did it sitting down. I did it with a smile. I did it with a smirk. I did it scratching my ear. I did it with my back to the camera. How do you want me to do it?" Wyler's retort was, "I want it better." However, Olivier later said these multiple takes helped him learn to succeed as a movie actor. See more »
Goofs Though the social situations, and even the soundtrack, are consistent with the novel's timeframe of 1770-1801, the Colonial/Napoleonic era, the costumes are an odd mix of mid-Victorian and American Civil War. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (1976). See more »
Soundtracks Piano Sonata in A major, K.331: Rondo alla Turca See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: On the barren Yorkshire moors in England, a hundred years ago, stood a house as bleak and desolate as the wastes around it. Only a stranger lost in a storm would have dared to knock at the door of Wuthering Heights. See more »
Quotes Heathcliff: Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest so long as I live on! I killed you. Haunt me, then! Haunt your murderer! I know that ghosts have wandered on the Earth. Be with me always. Take any form, drive me mad, only do not leave me in this dark alone where I cannot find you. I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul.
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