![Miriam Hopkins](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/rSq0LHko8E7L2rKv3QK9ZH5iGzH.jpg)
Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty -- filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend, a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster's heart and substantial inheritance.