Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
- jealousy
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- love of one's life
- central and south america
- rags to riches
- rivalry
- yorkshire
- moor (terrain)
- 19th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Rex Downing — Heathcliff as a Child
- Douglas Scott — Hindley as a Child
- Frank Benson — Heathcliff Servant (uncredited)
- Directed
- William Wyler
- Written
- Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 328 ratings
- Studio
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
