The Heiress (1949)




Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: US

Director: William Wyler

Duration: 115 min

Release: 1949

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.