This romantic drama concerns two star-crossed lovers who are half-brother and sister to each other. Catherine (Anna Calder-Marshall) is the daughter of the lord of the manor who falls for the brooding stable boy Heathcliff (
Timothy Dalton). When Heathcliff leaves to seek his fortune, he returns to find Catherine has married the local magistrate Edgar (
Ian Ogilvy). The story is told by the beautiful blonde servant girl Nellie (
Judy Cornwell), who narrates at the beginning to set the stage for the picture. Hindley (
Julian Glover) is Catherine's older brother who tries to take over the house and land after the death of their father (
Harry Andrews). When his own wife and child dies, a drunken Hindley gambles away the family holdings to the opportunistic Heathcliffe. Filmed in England, the scenery is spectacular but this version lacks the foreboding, shadowy drama of the 1939 original starring
Merle Oberon and
Laurence Olivier. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide