The Heiress

HD 11.4 115 min.

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.

Genre: Romance, Drama

Release: Oct. 6, 1949

Director: William Wyler

Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman, Ray Collins, Betty Linley, Selena Royle, Paul Lees, Harry Antrim, Russ Conway, David Thursby, Nan Boardman, Loulette Sablon, Jack Chefe, Ray De Ravenne, Marcel De La Brosse, Albert Pollet, Arthur Dulac, Lester Dorr, Franklyn Farnum, Louise Lorimer, Sam Harris, Donald Kerr, Ralph Sanford, Douglas Spencer, Dorothy Vernon