Jane Eyre (1949)

Jane Eyre

1949

Drama Romance TV Movie

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 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?

Credits

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast

Adelaide Klein as Mrs. Bruhl (uncredited)

Charlton Heston as Edward Rochester

Ethel Remey as Mrs. Fairfax (as Ethel Everett)

Joan Wetmore as Grace Poole

Mary Sinclair as Jane Eyre

Viola Roache as Blanche Ingram

Crew

Sumner Locke Elliott (Adaptation)