Jane Eyre (1949)
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: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Charlton Heston as Edward Rochester |
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Viola Roache as Blanche Ingram |
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Ethel Remey as Mrs. Fairfax (as Ethel Everett) |
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Joan Wetmore as Grace Poole |
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Adelaide Klein as Mrs. Bruhl (uncredited) |
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Mary Sinclair as Jane Eyre |
| Production | Worthington Miner | Producer |
| Writing | Charlotte Brontë | Novel |
| Directing | Franklin J. Schaffner | Director |
| Writing | Sumner Locke Elliott | Adaptation |
| Sound | Vic Oliver | Music |