Wuthering Heights (1970)

Date: 1970
Director: Robert Fuest
Production Company: American International Pictures

Stars: Timothy Dalton, Anna Calder-Marshall, Julian Glover, Gillian Hayes, Hilary Dwyer, Peter Sallis, Morag Hood, Judy Cornwell
Location(s): Surrey, Yorkshire

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Storyline:

Heathcliff and Cathy share a doomed, obsessive bond as their love curdles into jealousy, vengeance, and generational tragedy on the Yorkshire moors.

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A funeral takes place in a cemetery on the Yorkshire moors. Near Harden Gill Beck Ford, West End, Harrogate, Yorkshire, what3words location amended.outings.validated

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In the reverse view, Heathcliff (Timothy Dalton) looks down on the scene from a high ridge.

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Heathcliff rides home. The track leading west from Cooper Lane, Blubberhouses, Otley, Yorkshire. what3words location courage.breeze.tailors

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The story is told in flashback, as a young Heathcliff and Cathy (Gillian Hayes) play amongst the rocks on the moor. Blacksmith's Boulders, Brimham Rocks, Harrogate, Yorkshire.

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Cathy's brother Hindley (Julian Glover) visits the town ready to travel to university. The set built for the recent filming of Oliver! at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, was used for this scene. It's also to be found in 'I, Monster', 'The Creeping Flesh' and 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'.

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The family home, Wuthering Heights, is represented by Redshaw Hall, Thruscross, Harrogate, Yorkshire.

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Hindley returns from university as Master of Wuthering Heights on the death of his father. He is greeted by Cathy (Anna Calder-Marshall) and housemaid Nelly Dean (Judy Cornwell). Redshaw Hall.

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Denny announces he now has a wife Frances. Cathy and Nelly stare as she enters Wuthering Heights. Redshaw Hall.

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Cathy and Heathcliff spy on Edgar Linton and his sister Isabella, who live nearby at Thrushcross Grange. Weston Hall, Otley, Yorkshire.

Oliver Denton paid a visit to Weston Hall 56 years on.

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Cathy is attacked by a dog and taken in by the Lintons while Heathcliff is chased away. At the church, the vicar (Peter Sallis) looks on as the Lintons obtain permission from Hindley and Frances (Morag Hood) to look after Cathy for a few days. Unidentified location.

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Nelly rushes into the house to announce Cathy's return. Redshaw Hall

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When Heathcliff refuses to shake Cathy's hand, a fight results. Redshaw Hall.

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A maid runs out of the house to call for Nelly as Frances has a baby. The boundary wall, with Redshaw Hall in the background.

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Hindley gets drunk and starts a fight in the inn. The Oliver! set gets another outing.

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When Heathcliff overhears Cathy saying she will marry Edgar Linton, he runs off and Cathy chases after him. Redshaw Hall.

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Cathy runs to the rocks and calls for Heathcliff, but he has gone. Brimham Rocks.

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Cathy moves into Thurstone Grange and marries Edgar Linton. Weston Hall, Otley.

A closer view from Oliver Denton.

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Heathcliff returns having made his fortune and wins possession of Wuthering Heights in a card game. He takes flight as Edgar banishes him from the Grange. The barn behind him is in Church Lane, Weston, Otley, next to the church.

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Heathcliffe steals a kiss from Isabella (Hilary Dwyer). Weston Church is in the background.

Oliver Denton found the church.

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After Cathy dies in childbirth, Heathcliff finds himself chasing a ghost. Redshaw Hall.