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?
Trailer
Crew
DirectorRobert Stevenson
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
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Keywords
based on novel or booklove triangleriding accidentyorkshireorphanmoor (terrain)gothicdisciplinegoverness19th century
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Budget
$2M
Revenue
$4M
TMDb Votes
151
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026