The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.
Merle Oberon
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
Laurence Olivier
as Heathcliff
David Niven
as Edgar Linton
Flora Robson
as Ellen Dean
Donald Crisp
as Dr. Kenneth
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Isabella Linton
Hugh Williams
as Hindley Earnshaw
Leo G. Carroll
as Joseph
Miles Mander
as Lockwood
Cecil Kellaway
as Earnshaw
Cecil Humphreys
as Judge Linton
Sarita Wooton
as Cathy as a Child
