Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights is a 1970 British drama film directed by Robert Fuest and starring Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton. It is based on the classic 1847 Emily Brontë novel of the same name. Like the 1939 version, it depicts only the first sixteen chapters, concluding with Catherine Earnshaw Linton's death, and omits the trials of her daughter, Hindley's son, and Heathcliff's son. Plot summary The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors, and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff, they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor. Cast Anna Calder-Marshall as Catherine Earnshaw Linton Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff Harry Andrews as Mr. Earnshaw Pamela Brown as Mrs. Linton Judy Cornwell as Nelly Dean James Cossins as Mr. Linton Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Earnshaw Hilary Dwyer as Isabella Linton Julian Glover as Hindley Earnshaw Hugh Griffith as Dr. Kenneth Morag Hood as Frances Earnshaw Ian Ogilvy as Edgar Linton Peter Sallis as Mr. Shielders Hindley Earnshaw This film version differs from the book in several ways, and most of the differences involve Hindley Earnshaw. First it takes a more sympathetic look at Hindley. Usually portrayed as being a cruel oppressor of Heathcliff, in this version he is persecuted by his father and lives in Heathcliff's shadow. Also in this version, Nelly Dean, the narrator, is shown as being in love with Hindley and unable to express her feelings due to their class difference. After his wife's death, Hindley goes through a hedonistic stage but finally pulls himself out of it.