Wuthering Heights (1970)
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46% want to see it
(1,244 ratings)
This romantic drama concerns two star-crossed lovers who are half-brother and sister to each other. Catherine (Anna Calder-Marshall) is the daughter of the lord of the manor who falls for the brooding stable boy Heathcliff (Timothy Dalton). When Heathcliff leaves to seek his fortune, he returns to… More This romantic drama concerns two star-crossed lovers who are half-brother and sister to each other. Catherine (Anna Calder-Marshall) is the daughter of the lord of the manor who falls for the brooding stable boy Heathcliff (Timothy Dalton). When Heathcliff leaves to seek his fortune, he returns to find Catherine has married the local magistrate Edgar (Ian Ogilvy). The story is told by the beautiful blonde servant girl Nellie (Judy Cornwell), who narrates at the beginning to set the stage for the picture. Hindley (Julian Glover) is Catherine's older brother who tries to take over the house and land after the death of their father (Harry Andrews). When his own wife and child dies, a drunken Hindley gambles away the family holdings to the opportunistic Heathcliffe. Filmed in England, the scenery is spectacular but this version lacks the foreboding, shadowy drama of the 1939 original starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Fuest
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Classics
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- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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, Variety
Wuthering Heights is a competent, tasteful, frequently even lovely re-adaption of Emily Bronte's Gothic, mystical love story. But the brooding tension, the electric passion of two lovers compelled to an inevitable tragedy is not generated.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
All in all, I still think Luis Buñuel's 1954 Mexican version is the best I've seen.
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Cast
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Anna Calder-Marshall
as Catherine Earnshaw
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Timothy Dalton
as Heathcliff
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Julian Glover
as Hindley
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Ian Ogilvy
as Edgar
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Hilary Dwyer
as Isabella
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Judy Cornwell
as Nellie
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Hugh Griffith
as Dr. Kenneth
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Harry Andrews
as Mr. Earnshaw
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Pamela Brown
as Mrs. Linton
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James Cossins
as Mr. Linton
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Rosalie Crutchley
as Mrs. Earnshaw
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Morag Hood
as Frances
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Peter Sallis
as Mr. Sheilders
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Aubrey Woods
as Joseph
- Wendy Allnutt
- Bruce Beeby
- Keith Buckley
- John Comer
- Dudley Foster
- Gertan Klauber
- James Berwick
- Gordon Gostelow
- Lois Daine
