I was surprised to learn the role of Heathcliff was performed by the venerable Sir Laurence Olivier, it was a performance that seemingly could've been done by any reasonably handsome actor of his day. I get the feeling the film doesn't do justice to the novel (even having never read the novel), with it's somewhat shallow performances and a lack of exposition or character development. It's a story that starts off with the promise of romance but ends on a bitterly cynical note. His beloved Cathy isn't interested in becoming a stable boy's wife, even if she does love Heathcliff. Olivier's Heathcliff is filled with nothing but impotent rage as he lashes out at the upper class which he oh-so-briefly had a taste of. He's then told the tale of the ghost, and how it came to be. He's put up by the hostile Heathcliff, and during the night sees a ghost. A lost stranger comes to the broken down estate of Wuthering Heights, lost in the moors. ![]() Wuthering Heights is the 1939 adaptation of the Emily Bronte novel by the same name.
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