---
title: 'Wuthering Heights (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Wyler'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wuthering-heights-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032145/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wuthering Heights (1939)

1939 · 99 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American romantic period drama film directed by William Wyler, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, and David Niven, and based on the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only 16 of the novel's 34 chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston (uncredited). The supporting cast features Flora Robson and Geraldine Fitzgerald.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Wyler](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-wyler)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Charles MacArthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-macarthur)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gregg Toland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-toland)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Hugh Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-williams) as Hindley Earnshaw
- [Miles Mander](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-mander)
- [Geraldine Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-fitzgerald) as Isabella Linton
- [Cecil Kellaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-kellaway)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Flora Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/flora-robson)
- [David Niven](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-niven) as Edgar Linton
- [Cecil Humphreys](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-humphreys)
- [Laurence Olivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-olivier) as Heathcliff
- [Leo G. Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-g-carroll)

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