USA,
1939, 103 min
Directed by:
William WylerCinematography:
Gregg TolandComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hugh Williams, Leo G. Carroll, Miles Mander, Cecil Kellaway (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
When Lockwood (Miles Mander) arrives at WUTHERING HEIGHTS, it is dark and snowing. Lockwood needs shelter - but he is not welcome. His host, Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier), is ungracious, if not positively hostile. Lockwood wakes in the night and, as he tries to close a window, feels hands clasping at his. He screams for help. Heathcliff arrives, then plunges into the night. Lockwood wonders what this means, and Ellen (Flora Robson) begins to tell him the story of Heathcliff and Cathy Earnshaw (Merle Oberon), how they came together on the Yorkshire moors and how their passion was thwarted. (MGM Home Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1940 - Gregg Toland (Best Cinematography (Black-and-White))
- 1940 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1940 - William Wyler (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1940 - Laurence Olivier (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 1940 - Geraldine Fitzgerald (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
- 1940 - Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1940 - Alfred Newman (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
- 1940 - Best Achievement in Production Design
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1939 - Best Film