The Heiress 1949

Directed by William Wyler | Starring: Montgomery Clift, Olivia de Havilland, Vanessa Brown, Miriam Hopkins

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.