I am torn with Desire… tortured by hate!
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.
- 7.2
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 44m
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)
Romaine Callender
Robert (uncredited)Richard Clucas
Little Boy (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
Giles (uncredited)Alice Ehlers
Madame Ehlers (uncredited)Harold Entwistle
Beadle (uncredited)Peter Gowland
Dancer (uncredited)Helena Grant
Miss Hudkins (uncredited)Sam Harris
Party Guest / Wedding Guest (uncredited)Susanne Leach
Guest (uncredited)Tommy Martin
Little Boy (uncredited)Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest (uncredited)Schuyler Standish
Little Boy (uncredited)
William Stelling
Dancer (uncredited)Diane Williams
Little Girl (uncredited)Eric Wilton
Linton Servant (uncredited)Philip Winter
Cathy's Partner (uncredited)
Released
en
- #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
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