Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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?
Run Time
1h 37m
Genre
Drama, Romance
Release Date
24 Dec 1943
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Orson WellesEdward Rochester
Joan FontaineJane Eyre
Margaret O'BrienAdele Varens
Peggy Ann GarnerJane Eyre (younger)
John SuttonDr. Rivers
Sara AllgoodBessie
Henry DaniellHenry Brocklehurst
Agnes MooreheadMrs. Reed
Aubrey MatherColonel Dent
Edith BarrettMrs. Fairfax
Barbara EverestLady Ingram
Hillary BrookeBlanche Ingram


Robert Stevenson
Charlotte Brontë
John Houseman
Aldous Huxley
Bernard Herrmann