The Heiress

Release date: 10/06/1949

Budget: $2,600,000

Revenue: $2,300,000

Genres:

Drama, Romance, History

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

7.7

A truly great motion picture.

Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty — filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend, a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster's heart and substantial inheritance.

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Actors

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

Harry Antrim

M. Abeel

Russ Conway

Quintus

Nan Boardman

French Maid (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

French Waiter (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Groom (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)

Louise Lorimer

Dr. Sloper's Secretary (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Fish Peddler (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

Captain of the Castle Queen (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Minister (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Delivery Woman (uncredited)

The Heiress

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