UK, 1970
104m
35mm film, colour
English
A British fantasy film directed by Robert Fuest.
Plot Summary
Yorkshire farmer Mr Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city with a young boy named Heathcliff. His son, Hindley, resents the boy but Heathcliff becomes the inseperable friend of Hindley’s sister, Catherine. The two grow up on the Moors, happy with their blossoming relationship – and then Cathy meets Edgar Linton…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Robert Fuest
© MCMLXX [1970] American International Pictures (England) Ltd.
An American International picture. James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff present
Executive Producer: Louis M. Heyward
Produced by: Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson
Associate Producer: John Pellatt
Production Supervisor: Ted Lloyd
Screenplay by: Patrick Tilley
Based on the Novel by: Emily Bronte [real name: Emily Brontë]
Assistant Director: Ted Lewis
Continuity: June Randall
Director of Photography: John Coquillon
Camera Operators: Herbert Smith, Les Young
Still Photographer: John Jay
Supervising Film Editor: Reginald Mills
Film Editor: Ann Chegwidden
Assistant to Supervising Editor: John Rushton
Music Composed and Conducted by: Michel Legrand
Sound Recordists: Brian Marshall, Nolan Roberts
Sound Editors: Leslie Hodgson, Gerry Hambling
Costumes by: Nathans
Wardrobe Supervisor: Evelyn Gibbs
Make-up: Bill Lodge
Hairdresser: Maud Onslow
Production Designer: Philip Harrison
Assistant Designer: Malcolm Middleton
Set Dresser: Josie MacAvin
Titles Designed by: Maurice Binder
Production Accountant: Malcolm R. Burgess
Production Secretary: Midge Warnes
Publicity: Dennison Thornton
Location Manager: Ian Goddard
Filmed on location in the West Riding of Yorkshire and at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex, England
Casting: Sally Nicholl
Cast
Anna Calder-Marshall (Cathy [Earnshaw])
Timothy Dalton (Heathcliff)
Harry Andrews (Mr Earnshaw)
Pamela Brown (Mrs Linton)
Judy Cornwell (Nellie)
James Cossins (Mr Linton)
Rosalie Crutchley (Mrs Earnshaw)
Hilary Dwyer (Isabella [Linton])
Julian Glover (Hindley [Earnshaw])
Hugh Griffith (Doctor Kenneth)
Morag Hood (Frances)
Ian Ogilvy (Edgar [Linton])
Peter Sallis (Mr Shielders)
Aubrey Woods (Joseph)
Wendy Alnutt
John Comer
Dudley Foster
Gordon Gostelow
Lois Daine
Keith Buckley
James Berwick
Patricia Doyle
Mark Wilding
Sandra Bryant
Bruce Beeby
Gertain Klauber [real name: Gertan Klauber]
Jonathan Brewster
Gillian Hayes
Libby Granger
Alternative Titles
Cime tempestose – Italian title
Cumbres borrascosas – Spanish title
Humiseva harju – Finnish title
O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes – Brazilian title
Sturmhöhe – West German title
Svindlande höjder – Swedish title
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.16 p.62
- Monthly Film Bulletin no.449 (June 1971) – credits, synopsis, review
- Today’s Cinema no.9774 (27 January 1970) p.8 – note (Fuest for ‘Heights)
- Today’s Cinema no.9801 (5 May 1970) pp.4-5 – credits (In production)
- Today’s Cinema no.9803 (12 May 1970) pp.32-33; 32 – illustrated note (Weathering heights by Sue Clarke); credits (In production)
Books
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.217
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.551 – credits
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith pp.240-241
