When a handsome but penniless suitor proposes, her father believes he could only be after her vast estate and threatens disinheritance.
Academy Award winner Olivia De Havilland and Montgomery Clift light up the screen in this spellbinding, landmark drama.De Havilland is Catherine Sloper, an aristocratic young woman living under the scrutiny of her malevolent father.. Can she be rich in love and money? The Heiress - DVD [ 1949 ] - Modern Classic Movies on DVD - Movies on GRUV A masterpiece of love, deception and betrayal, The Heiress remains a shining example of a true cinematic achievement! Based on the stage version of Henry James' renowned novel Washington Square, this is the "****" (Leonard Maltin) winner of four Academy Awards, featuring an all-new, digitally remastered picture.