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Released
1970 · FILM

Wuthering Heights

“The power, the passion, the terror of Emily Bronte's immortal story of young love.”

Directed by
Robert Fuest
Written by
Emily Bronte, Patrick Tilley
Runtime
104 min
AdventureDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ann ChegwiddenShot by John CoquillonScored by Michel LegrandDesigned by Philip Harrison

Box Office

1970 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$4.5M

Budget$800K
Worldwide gross$4.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Sturmhöhede
  • Les Hauts de Hurleventfr
  • Cime tempestoseit

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