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Cast

Merle Oberon
as Cathy Linton

Laurence Olivier
as Heathcliff

David Niven
as Edgar Linton

Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Isabella Linton

Donald Crisp
as Dr. Kenneth

Flora Robson
as Ellen Dean

Hugh Williams
as Hindley Earnshaw

Leo G Carroll
as Joseph

Cecil Humphreys
as Judge Linton

Miles Mander
as Lockwood

Sarita Wooten
as Cathy as a Child

Rex Downing
as Heathcliff as a Child

Douglas Scott
as Hindley as a Child

Cecil Kellaway
as Mr. Earnshaw

Romaine Callender
as Robert

Helena Grant
as Miss Hudkins

Mme. Alice Ehlers
as Harpsichordist

Susanne Leach
as Guest

Tommy Martin
as Little Boy

Schuyler Standish
as Little Boy

William Stelling
as Dancer

Harold Entwistle
as Beadle

Mme. Alice Ahlers
as Frau Johann

Vernon P. Downing
as Giles

Frank Benson
as Heathcliffe Servant

Eric Wilton
as Linton Servant

Sam Harris
as Wedding Guest

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Critic Reviews for Wuthering Heights

Audience Reviews for Wuthering Heights

• Aug 26, 2017

  With a gorgeous cinematography that uses strong black-and-white contrasts, this is an absorbing classic that eschews most of the crushing darkness and evil found in Bronté's novel (to be more accessible to the public) and yet manages to move us with its own dramatic power.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Jun 02, 2014

  Laurence Olivier is good...really good at this non typical non Shakespearean role. One only wishes that he committed to more of these types of projects. The emotion seeps forward and cuts out of the historical film making it more vibrant than the pictures.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Aug 25, 2011

  Wyler's sublime adaptation of Brönte's Gothic novel is one of the most gorgeous classic feasts classic Hollywood has to offer. The 30s were plagued by memorable American melodramas that make me cry like a baby still nowadays. 99/100
  Edgar C Super Reviewer
• Feb 22, 2010

  Wuthering Heights is the 1939 adaptation of the Emily Bronte novel by the same name. A lost stranger comes to the broken down estate of Wuthering Heights, lost in the moors. He's put up by the hostile Heathcliff, and during the night sees a ghost. He's then told the tale of the ghost, and how it came to be. Olivier's Heathcliff is filled with nothing but impotent rage as he lashes out at the upper class which he oh-so-briefly had a taste of. His beloved Cathy isn't interested in becoming a stable boy's wife, even if she does love Heathcliff. It's a story that starts off with the promise of romance but ends on a bitterly cynical note. I get the feeling the film doesn't do justice to the novel (even having never read the novel), with it's somewhat shallow performances and a lack of exposition or character development. I was surprised to learn the role of Heathcliff was performed by the venerable Sir Laurence Olivier, it was a performance that seemingly could've been done by any reasonably handsome actor of his day. The "film" aspect of the film however, is outstanding: lighting, sets, costumes, and direction are all top notch (and I really hate to mislead, the performances are great for their day), but it's the original material that makes this film so worthwhile, rather than any contributions the filmmakers make.
  Devon B Super Reviewer

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