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1939 Certificate U
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The 1970 adaptation of Emily Bronte's masterpiece of passion and doomed romance on the Yorkshire moors stars Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton. Read more

Starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Flora Robson
Director William Wyler
Genres Drama

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Wuthering Heights

The 1970 adaptation of Emily Bronte's masterpiece of passion and doomed romance on the Yorkshire moors stars Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton.

Starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp
Director William Wyler
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 05 Jul 2004
Production year: 1939
Format DVD
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  • 3 stars out of 4

    Despite American script and settings, this wildly romantic film makes a pretty fair stab at capturing the power of at least the first half of a classic Victorian novel, and in all respects it's a superb Hollywood production of its day and a typical one, c

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
  • From the (prolific) output of a largely unfashionable director, Wyler's Wuthering Heights has a distinctive look that... read more on Time Out

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    There is a gap in your life...this movie will fill it

    This is my favourite story. It takes the strongest emotions we have beyond the norm, beyond the grave. I love this particular version as it is so innocent and pure, yet all the time, envy and hate are just around the corner. It's a shame they only managed to include half the book but the strength of the acting from the two central stars more than makes up for it. I struggle to watch the other versions because of this. Merle Oberon is beautiful and has the most expressive eyes I have seen. She swings from the two extremes of her character: the desire to be wild and free with the love of her life to the vanity of wearing silk dresses and need of acceptance into society, in a moment. Laurence Olivier is tall, moody and very sexy and deftly shows how rejection and the need for revenge can take over a person making them blind to the truth.

    Watch this film with a duvet, lots of chocolate and a box of tissues. You will be enchanted by it and it will touch your heart forever.

    Trivia Time: Merle apparently had the time the movie was set in changed to fit with the dresses she wanted to wear.

      • fintan from UK
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    You Know; Classic films were just as bad as some of todays tripe

    How what was considered to be the cream of british stage and film actors could be involved in such a poor interpretation of emily brontes work is shameful

      • A customer from Pendle , Lancashire
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