Jane Eyre (1943)

About This Movie

Jane Eyre is a 1943 drama and romance film directed by Robert Stevenson. Its leading cast includes Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine and Margaret O'Brien. It runs for 1 hour 37 minutes.

Synopsis

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?

Synopsis from TMDB.

Official Trailer

Jane Eyre 1943 Trailer · plays from YouTube

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