She tells her lover that they must not expect a penny from her father. At this, Morris’s ardour cools slightly, but Catherine does not notice. They part, having agreed that Morris will pick her up at 12.30 am that night. At the appointed time, Catherine is waiting with her bags packed. Her Aunt Penniman offers to wait with her. But when she learns that Catherine has split from her father - and furthermore has told Morris that she will be disinherited - her aunt is dismayed. As time passes and Morris does not arrive, Catherine becomes agitated. She is eventually forced to accept that, after discovering that she will not inherit her father’s money, Morris has jilted her. Soon afterwards, Dr Sloper reveals he is dying. He believes Catherine has rejected Morris and is proud of her, but then learns that it is Morris who has left Catherine. They have a bitter argument and the doctor threatens to change his Will, but can’t bring himself to do it, as he doesn’t wish to disinherit his only child. Catherine refuses to reconcile with her father before he dies. A few years later, Catherine is still living in the house in Washington Square with her aunt. One day the aunt comes home with news; she has met Morris Townsend, recently returned from California. When Morris visits the house, at Aunt Penniman’s suggestion, Catherine initially refuses to see him, but then changes her mind. Morris has apparently fallen on hard times, and is destitute, but he still tries to win Catherine back. Catherine agrees that she will leave with him that night to be married. But after he has gone home to pack, she sneers at his declarations of love, finally seeing him for the mercenary liar that he always was. That night, when Morris returns for her, Catherine exacts her revenge for his greed and selfishness by refusing to let him in, and leaves him pounding helplessly on the door as she turns off the lights and goes to bed. Cast Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper Montgomery Clift as Morris Townsend Ralph Richardson as Dr. Austin Sloper Miriam Hopkins as Lavinia Penniman Vanessa Brown as Maria Betty Linley as Mrs. Montgomery Ray Collins as Jefferson Almond Mona Freeman as Marian Almond Selena Royle as Elizabeth Almond Paul Lees as Arthur Townsend Harry Antrim as Mr. Abeel Russ Conway as Quintus David