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The Heiress

Cast

Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins View All


Crew

William Wyler (Director), Augustus Goetz (Screenplay), Ruth Goetz (Screenplay) View All

Release: Oct. 6th, 1949
Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes
Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty -- filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend, a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster's heart and substantial inheritance.
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It's interesting that the film follows Catherine, a character who goes along mostly unnoticed only to reveal a strong and confident persona in the end.


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