The Heiress

• 7.73 Drama
• 1949-10-06
• 115 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Olivia de Havilland (Catherine Sloper) Montgomery Clift (Morris Townsend) Ralph Richardson (Dr. Austin Sloper) Miriam Hopkins (Lavinia Penniman) Vanessa Brown (Maria) Mona Freeman (Maria Almond) Ray Collins (Jefferson Almond) Betty Linley (Mme. Montgomery) Selena Royle (Elizabeth Almond) Paul Lees (Arthur Townsend)

Director:

William Wyler

Writer:

Augustus Goetz Ruth Goetz