The Heiress
“A truly great motion picture.”
1949•NR•1h 55m•7.8•Released
DramaRomanceHistory
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.
Director
William Wyler
Writer
Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz
Budget
$3M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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
David Thursby
Geier
Nan Boardman
French Maid (uncredited)
Loulette Sablon
French Maid (uncredited)
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
William Wyler
Recommended
7
The Age of Innocence
1993
6.2
Washington Square
1997
6
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
6.7
Anna Karenina
2012
6.2
Mayerling
1968
6.1
Anna Karenina
1997
7
The Duchess
2008
7.3
Brooklyn
2015
6.3
Lady Chatterley's Lover
2015
7.4
The Great Gatsby
2013
7.3
Phantom Thread
2017
6.3
The House of Mirth
2000
6.5
Genius
2016
6.6
The Wings of the Dove
1997
6.2
The Lost City
2005
7.4
Sense and Sensibility
1995
6.6
Radium Girls
2020
7.5
Carol
2015
6.7
The Current War
2018
7.1
In the Heights
2021
Similar Movies
5.5
Exit
1971
8
The Elephant Man
1980
5.4
Ask the Dust
2006
6.5
1984
1956
6.2
Lullaby
2014
7.2
Secret Sunshine
2007
5.2
The Bachelor
1999
5
Glass Chin
2014
5.1
Loving
2017
7.5
Au Revoir les Enfants
1987
7.3
The Piano Teacher
2001
6.9
Velvet Goldmine
1998
6.2
Entrapment
1999
7.6
Malcolm X
1992
7.2
The Fortune Cookie
1966
7.6
Laura
1944
8.5
Sano Sansar
2008
7
Never Never Forget Me
1976
6.7
The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020
7.5
Sorry If I Call You Love
2014