Jane Eyre
A love story every woman would die a thousand deaths to live!
6.9(154) 1943-12-24 97 minDramaRomance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
DirectorRobert Stevenson
ScreenplayJohn Houseman
ScreenplayAldous Huxley
ScreenplayRobert Stevenson
Original Music ComposerBernard Herrmann
ProducerWilliam Goetz
ProducerKenneth Macgowan
Cast & characters
Orson Welles
as Edward Rochester
Joan Fontaine
as Jane Eyre
Margaret O'Brien
as Adele Varens
Peggy Ann Garner
as Jane Eyre (younger)
John Sutton
as Dr. Rivers
Sara Allgood
as Bessie
Henry Daniell
as Henry Brocklehurst
Agnes Moorehead
as Mrs. Reed
Aubrey Mather
as Colonel Dent
Edith Barrett
as Mrs. Fairfax
Barbara Everest
as Lady Ingram
Hillary Brooke
as Blanche Ingram
Elizabeth Taylor
as Helen Burns
Billy Bevan
as Bookie (uncredited)
Adele Jergens
as Woman at Party (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
as Leah (uncredited)
Erskine Sanford
as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
John Abbott
as Mason
Harry Allen
as Guard
Ted Billings
as Townsman
Ruth Brady
as Woman at Party
Colin Campbell
as Proprietor
David Clyde
as Guard on Coach from Lowood
Charles Coleman
as Guard on Coach to Lowood
