This is universally agreed to be the best film adaptation of the Bronte classic in which Heathcliff and Cathy wrestle with the seeming impossibility of a love so strong it threatens to destroy them both.This is universally agreed to be the best film adaptation of the Bronte classic in which Heathcliff and Cathy wrestle with the seeming impossibility of a love so strong it threatens to destroy them both. Wild moors, thriving passions and barely repressed madness. It won an Oscar for best cinematography - although Kate Bush's video of the same title did not. She was robbed. Laurence Olivier is at the peak of his powers as an actor, playing Heathcliff opposite Merle Oberon as Cathy. Followed by Kate Bush disco in the bar for you to dry your tears to. 'Heathcliff, it's me, it's Cathy, I've come home now. So co-o-o-old, let me in at your window-o-o-ow"