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The Heiress (1949)

The Heiress is a 1949 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper, Montgomery Clift as Morris Townsend, and Ralph Richardson as Dr. Sloper. Written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 play The Heiress. The play was suggested by the 1880 novel Washington Square by Henry James. The film is about a young naive woman who falls in love with a handsome young man, despite the objections of her emotionally abusive father who suspects the man of being a fortune hunter.

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Director: William Wyler
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release date: October 6, 1949
Running time: 115 minutes
Budget: $2.6 million
Gross: $2.3 million (US rentals)

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