The Heiress
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.
- Year: 1949
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Romance, History
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Keyword: new york city, marriage, love, money, wealth, inheritance, manhattan, new york city, embroidery, spinster, 19th century, fortune, fortune hunter, white gloves
- Director: William Wyler
- Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman