The Heiress (1949)

Name: The Heiress (1949)
Duration: 1 h 55 min

1hr 55m

1hr 55m
4.2/5 (5.3K)
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A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter. More Details »

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Director:

William Wyler

Writer:

Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz, Henry James

Release Date:

Feb 10, 1950

Runtime:

1hr 55m

Synopsis

A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.

Cast

Olivia de Havilland
Montgomery Clift
Ralph Richardson
Miriam Hopkins
Vanessa Brown
Betty Linley
Ray Collins
Mona Freeman
Selena Royle
Paul Lees

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4.2

Dec 6, 2018

I love the slow subtlety of Olivia de Havilland’s character arc in The Heiress, particularly in the way she changes her voice in the progression of the film. Her high, shy delivery slowly shifts into something lower, more purposeful, more confident. The mistreatment of her…

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sarah

May 9, 2019

"He's grown greedier over the years. Before he only wanted my money; now he wants my love as well. Well, he came to the wrong house - and he came twice. I shall see that he does not come a third time. I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters." WIG MISSINGGGGG.

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alex

Apr 8, 2017

I always enjoy when a mustache is used as a plot device to signal time passing. timestache.

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Austin
Aug 6, 2020

Olivia’s voice drops six octaves in the last half hour and never turns back it’s called ACTINg

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Merkin Muffley

May 29, 2016

Wow. Went in to the Stanford Theatre expecting nothing more than a classic Hollywood romance starring Olivia De Havilland. Came out, my soul thoroughly licked from the beating William Wyler gave it, my brain dazzled by both the film's sharp critique of the patriarchy and…

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Carlos Valladares

Oct 29, 2021

that’s herstory ❤️

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eely
Aug 6, 2020

Was miffed enough by the total unavailability of Olivia de Havilland's best film on streaming services that I ordered the Criterion Blu the day she died. I'm glad I did. She's astoundingly good in tracking the emotional progression of a wallflower who blooms at the…

229 Likes

Scott Tobias

May 7, 2019

Masterpiece. Such refined, simple cinematic language. And that killer ending. It’s perfect.

199 Likes

Brian Tallerico

Jul 8, 2020

olivia de havilland's arc in this movie was so unexpected and welcome!!! (extremely evident that a woman co-wrote this story!) what a powerhouse performance this is for her. also aaron copland went so hard on this score oh my god the DRAMA! loved montgomery clift…

177 Likes

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Freddie A loved

The Heiress

This was unexpected so good. Olivia DH was incredible masterclass in acting for this film. Clift was incredible too the whole cast was great. The story was a classic but written so well that to my naive eyes I couldn’t tell if he was a golddigger or not

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CvptvinHowdy loved

The Heiress

As soon as I saw that guy with that haircut, I knew how this was all going to play out. I felt so bad for Catherine, but then her character arc was so good. Olivia de Havilland's performance as that character was amazing.

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melek liked

The Heiress

4/5 yes girl go show them

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Lana del Jersey liked

The Heiress

Olivia ate this 👏👏👏

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