Charlton Heston broods for 60 minutes in a live TV fever dream of toxic obsession.
Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
Acting
Heston's full-body brooding before he was famous for it.
Production
Gloriously cramped live TV sets that breathe claustrophobia.
Writing
Brontë condensed to bullet-speed emotional devastation.
Director
Paul Nickell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired live on CBS October 22, 1950—any flubs, including Heston's famous intensity, went out uncorrected.
Part of the legendary Studio One anthology that launched televised literature before prestige TV existed; this episode helped prove serious drama could survive the small screen.
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