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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.
Cast View all
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Olivia de Havilland | Catherine Sloper |
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Montgomery Clift | Morris Townsend |
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Ralph Richardson | Dr. Austin Sloper |
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Miriam Hopkins | Lavinia Penniman |
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Vanessa Brown | Mariah |
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Betty Linley | Mrs. Montgomery |
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Ray Collins | Jefferson Almond |
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Mona Freeman | Marian Almond |
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Selena Royle | Elizabeth Almond |
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Paul Lees | Arthur Townsend |
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Harry Antrim | Mr. Abeel |
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Russ Conway | Quintus |
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David Thursby | Geier |
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Mary Bayless | Party Guest |
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Nan Boardman | French Maid |
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Jack Chefe | French Waiter |
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Marcel De la Brosse | French Porter |
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Ray De Ravenne | French Waiter |
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Lester Dorr | Groom |
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Arthur Dulac | French Bellboy |
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Franklyn Farnum | Dr. Isaacs |
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Sam Harris | Party Guest |
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Donald Kerr | Fish Peddler |
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Louise Lorimer | Dr. Sloper's Secretary |
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Charles Meakin | Ship Passenger |
Crew
| Director | William Wyler |
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| Writer | Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz, Henry James | |
| Producer | Lester Koenig, Robert Wyler, William Wyler | |
| Musician | Aaron COPLAND | |
| Photography | Leo Tover | |
Personal
| Quantity | 1 |
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| Seen | |
| Added Date | Jan 19, 2022 16:15:39 |
| Modified Date | Jun 23, 2023 22:17:43 |
Edition details
| Screen Ratios | Academy Ratio (1.37:1) |
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| Audio Tracks | LPCM Mono [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 07, 2019 |
Notes
The Heiress
Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James’s Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of romance. Are his smoldering professions of love sincere, as she believes they are? Or is Catherine’s calculating father (Ralph Richardson) correct in judging Morris a venal fortune seeker? A graceful drawing-room drama boasting Academy Award–winning costume design by Edith Head, The Heiress is also a piercing character study riven by emotional uncertainty and lacerating cruelty, in a triumph of classic Hollywood filmmaking at its most psychologically nuanced.
SPECIAL FEATURES
New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New conversation between screenwriter Jay Cocks and film critic Farran Smith Nehme
New program about the film’s costumes featuring costume collector and historian Larry McQueen
The Costume Designer, a restored 1950 short film featuring costume designer Edith Head
Appearance by actor Olivia de Havilland on a 1986 episode of The Paul Ryan Show
Excerpts from a 1973 tribute to director William Wyler on The Merv Griffin Show, featuring Wyler, de Havilland, and actors Bette Davis and Walter Pidgeon
Wyler’s acceptance speech from the American Film Institute’s 1976 Salute to William Wyler
Interview with actor Ralph Richardson filmed in 1981 for the documentary Directed by William Wyler
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson
New cover by Danielle Clough
Links
| TheMovieDb.org |