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Quick Facts

DirectorWilliam Wyler

Runtime1h 44m · NR

GenresDrama · Romance

Release1939-04-07

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Film

Wuthering Heights

Name: Wuthering Heights
Released: 1939-04-07

1939· NR· 1h 44m· Drama· Romance

“I am torn with Desire… tortured by hate!”

William Wyler's 1939 adaptation of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" distills the novel's passionate tumult into a vivid, if restrained, portrait of obsession and revenge. Laurence Olivier, as the tormented Heathcliff, and Merle Oberon, as Cathy, navigate a tempestuous romance that social constraints swiftly dismantle. Cathy's hasty marriage to Edgar Linton sets the stage for Heathcliff's vengeful campaign, which permeates the moors and manors of Yorkshire with a spectral intensity.

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Key Crew

DirectorWilliam Wyler

ScreenplayBen Hecht

ProducerSamuel Goldwyn

Director of PhotographyGregg Toland

Original Music ComposerAlfred Newman

EditorDaniel Mandell

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 20 crew)

Details

Released1939-04-07

Runtime1h 44m · NR

StatusReleased

StudiosSamuel Goldwyn Productions

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating7.2/10 · 322 votes

Original languageen

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