The Heiress
A truly great motion picture.
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
- Director
- William Wyler
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $2M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
26 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How The Heiress actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Heiress returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Oct 6, 1949
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- MPAA rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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