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Dr. Sloper (Finney) and Catherine Sloper (Leigh) in Washington Square
One of James' trademark innocents, Catherine is acted upon by three titanic forces: her father, Dr. Sloper (Albert Finney), whose express desire to protect a daughter he considers ugly and witless takes the form of ruthless repression; her aunt, (Maggie Smith), who wishes to weave out of her niece's life a breathlessly melodramatic romance; and Morris Townsend (Ben Chaplin), the playboy who has squandered a modest inheritance and now seeks salvation in the form of this unloved, unlovely, and affluent young woman.
The scene in which Dr. Sloper pays a visit to the young suitor's sister--to pry from her a confirmation of his suspicions about her brother's character--no longer climaxes with the woman's expulsive warning to keep Catherine from marrying him.
There is so little intimacy between father and daughter that Catherine's life-changing realization that Sloper despises her is old news.
Finney plays Dr. Sloper as a sour and grave man in whom all feeling has been deadened since his wife died giving birth to Catherine.