Jane Eyre (1944)

  • NR
  • 02/03/1944 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 37m

A love story every woman would die a thousand deaths to live!

Overview

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 meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. 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 Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Robert Stevenson

Director, Screenplay

Charlotte Brontë

Novel

John Houseman

Screenplay

Aldous Huxley

Screenplay

Cast

Orson Welles's headshot

Orson Welles

Edward Rochester
Joan Fontaine's headshot

Joan Fontaine

Jane Eyre
Margaret O'Brien's headshot

Margaret O'Brien

Adele Varens
Peggy Ann Garner's headshot

Peggy Ann Garner

Jane Eyre (younger)
John Sutton's headshot

John Sutton

Dr. Rivers
Sara Allgood's headshot

Sara Allgood

Bessie
Henry Daniell's headshot

Henry Daniell

Henry Brocklehurst
Agnes Moorehead's headshot

Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Reed

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