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The Heiress (1949)
Directed by William Wyler
“A truly great motion picture.”
Drama, Romance, History · 1h 55m
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
Cast
Olivia de Havilland
Catherine Sloper
Montgomery Clift
Morris Townsend
Ralph Richardson
Dr. Austin Sloper
Miriam Hopkins
Lavinia Penniman
Vanessa Brown
Maria
Mona Freeman
Maria Almond
Ray Collins
Jefferson Almond
Betty Linley
Mme. Montgomery
Selena Royle
Elizabeth Almond
Paul Lees
Arthur Townsend
Harry Antrim
M. Abeel
Russ Conway
Quintus
Crew
- Director
- William Wyler
- Screenplay
- Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz
- Novel
- Henry James
- Director of Photography
- Leo Tover
- Original Music Composer
- Aaron Copland
- Editor
- William Hornbeck
- Producer
- William Wyler
Details
- Release date
- 1949-10-06
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $2,600,000
- Box office
- $2,300,000