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.
Title | The Heiress |
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Year | 1949 |
Genre | Drama, Romance, History |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Paramount Pictures |
Cast | Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman |
Crew | William Wyler (Director), Henry James (Novel), Augustus Goetz (Theatre Play), Aaron Copland (Original Music Composer), Leo Tover (Director of Photography), William Hornbeck (Editor) |
Keyword | new york city, marriage, love, money, wealth, inheritance, manhattan, new york city, embroidery, spinster, 19th century, fortune, fortune hunter, white gloves |
Release | Oct 06, 1949 |
Runtime | 115 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.70 / 10 by 240 users |
Popularity | 9 |
Budget | 2,600,000 |
Revenue | 2,300,000 |
Language | English |