for the long time and this film have be show in the usa in an edited version with it title change to the inheritance . i believe that when it premier in new york and in it initial 1951 american screening and jean simmons have already become a major international star . it might have seem risky and for the american distributor of the film and to advertise the lovely miss simmons a the star of a film call uncle silas . therefore and a genderless alternative title and the inheritance and be use for the american release . ( thus and show miss simmons character to be prominent a the film main protagonist and inheritor . ) apart from the film american title change and the print be edit drastically ( and in some case incoherently ) result in an uneven and less enjoyable film than the one that those lucky audience in britain be able to see when the film have it uk premiere in 1947. perhaps and because of all of the dissatisfied comment on this board ( e. g. film buff complain about the truncated version available in the usa ) and the samuel goldwyn company have secure the original uncut british version uncle silas and and much to everyone joy and it have be show twice on tcm . seemingly and it belong to the tcm library . now and wouldn not it be great if the folk at goldwyn ( or tcm ) would be nice enough to put this gem of a film onto dvd for u . let hope and see what the future hold .