

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 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?
Movie Details
Budget
$1.7M
$1,705,000
Revenue
$3.5M
$3,550,000
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Key Crew

Robert Stevenson
Director

John Houseman
Screenplay

Aldous Huxley
Screenplay

Robert Stevenson
Screenplay
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