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?
Jane Eyre
“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 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?
Director
Robert Stevenson
Budget
1.7M
Revenue
3.5M
Status
Released
Production
20th Century Fox
Cast
Orson Welles
Edward Rochester
Joan Fontaine
Jane Eyre
Margaret O'Brien
Adele Varens
Peggy Ann Garner
Jane Eyre (younger)
John Sutton
Dr. Rivers
Sara Allgood
Bessie
Henry Daniell
Henry Brocklehurst
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Reed
Aubrey Mather
Colonel Dent
Edith Barrett
Mrs. Fairfax
Barbara Everest
Lady Ingram
Hillary Brooke
Blanche Ingram
Elizabeth Taylor
Helen Burns
Billy Bevan
Bookie (uncredited)
Adele Jergens
Woman at Party (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Leah (uncredited)
Erskine Sanford
Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
John Abbott
Mason
Harry Allen
Guard
Ted Billings
Townsman
Ruth Brady
Woman at Party
Colin Campbell
Proprietor
David Clyde
Guard on Coach from Lowood
Charles Coleman
Guard on Coach to Lowood
Alec Craig
Footman
Alan Edmiston
Dealer
Jean Fenwick
Guest
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Eshton
Arthur Gould-Porter
Young Man
Ethel Griffies
Grace Poole
Ronald Harris
John Reed
Brandon Hurst
Lowood School Trustee
Charles Irwin
Auctioneer
George Kirby
Old Gentleman (uncredited)
Bud Lawler
Guest
Gwendolyn Logan
Dowager
Thomas Louden
Sir George Lynn
Moyna MacGill
Dowager
Barry Macollum
Trustee
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Skatcher
Nelson McDowell
Lowood School Trustee
Mary Menzies
Girl in orphanage scene at dinner table
John Meredith
Guest
Roseanne Murray
Guest
Tempe Pigott
Fortune Teller
Nancy June Robinson
Girl
Marion Rosamond
Guest
Billie Seward
Woman at Party
Yorke Sherwood
Beadle
Ivan F. Simpson
Mr. Woods - the Minister
Gerald Oliver Smith
Footman at Gateshead
Betta St. John
Girl
Leslie Vincent
Guest
Dan Wallace
Guest
Frederick Worlock
Sam--Waiter at Inn
Eustace Wyatt
Dr. Carter
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Jane Eyre (1944)
