The Heiress
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1hr
55mins
Directed by
William Wyler,
Starring
Olivia de Havilland,
Montgomery Clift,
Ralph Richardson,
Miriam Hopkins
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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.