希斯克利夫（提摩西·道尔顿 Timothy Dalton 饰）和美丽的凯瑟琳（安娜·考尔德-马歇尔 Anna Calder-Marshall 饰）彼此相爱，但最终，迫于现实的压力，凯瑟琳最终离开了希斯克利夫，嫁给了门当户对的林顿（詹姆斯·科辛斯 James Cossins 饰）。感情受挫的希斯克利夫黯然神伤，离开了伤心地到外面打拼。 一晃眼数年过去，早已经功成名就的希斯克利夫回到了凯瑟琳的身边，娶了她的妹妹伊莎贝拉（Hilary Heath 饰）为妻，尽管希斯克利夫并不爱伊莎贝拉。这段没有爱情的婚姻很快就迎来了悲惨的结局，而凯瑟琳也因为希斯克利夫错误的选择而濒临死亡的边缘。
Plot Summary:The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy-- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.
