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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.
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.
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.
Dr. Sloper (Finney) and Catherine Sloper (Leigh) in Washington Square
There is so little intimacy between father and daughter that Catherine's life-changing realization that Sloper despises her is old news.