The Heiress
A truly great motion picture.
★★★★★
English / 115 MIN. / 1949
The Genres
The Synopsis
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.