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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre
★ 6.9/10•1943•1h 37m•NR•Drama•Romance

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

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?

Robert Stevenson · Director

John Houseman · Screenplay

Aldous Huxley · Screenplay

Robert Stevenson · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 37m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 24, 1943
Budget$1,705,000
Revenue$3,550,000

Actors

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Edward Rochester

Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Jane Eyre

Margaret O'Brien

Margaret O'Brien

Adele Varens

Peggy Ann Garner

Peggy Ann Garner

Jane Eyre (younger)

John Sutton

John Sutton

Dr. Rivers

Sara Allgood

Sara Allgood

Bessie

Henry Daniell

Henry Daniell

Henry Brocklehurst

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Reed

Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather

Colonel Dent

Edith Barrett

Edith Barrett

Mrs. Fairfax

Barbara Everest

Barbara Everest

Lady Ingram

Hillary Brooke

Hillary Brooke

Blanche Ingram

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Helen Burns

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Bookie (uncredited)

Adele Jergens

Adele Jergens

Woman at Party (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

Leah (uncredited)

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