Director: Robert Stevenson

Writers: Aldous Huxley; Robert Stevenson; John Houseman

From novel: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Music: Bernard Herrmann

Producer: William Goetz

Keywords: Romantic Drama

The orphaned Jane Eyre, after life at an abusive boarding school for a decade, is hired as governess for young Adele, ward of the wealthy but largely absent Edward Rochester. Exceptionally good telling of the Charlotte Brontë's once-scandalous novel, magnificently cinematography, and Orson Welles perfectly suited as the anguished and brooding Rochester.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sara Allgood	Actor	31-Oct-1879	13-Sep-1950	How Green Was My Valley
Hillary Brooke	Actor	8-Sep-1914	25-May-1999	The Woman in Green
Henry Daniell	Actor	5-Mar-1894	31-Oct-1963	British-American character actor
Joan Fontaine	Actor	22-Oct-1917	15-Dec-2013	Suspicion
Peggy Ann Garner	Actor	3-Feb-1932	16-Oct-1984	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Agnes Moorehead	Actor	6-Dec-1900	30-Apr-1974	Endora on Bewitched
Margaret O'Brien	Actor	15-Jan-1937		Meet Me in St. Louis
John Sutton	Actor	22-Oct-1908	10-Jul-1963	Hudson's Bay
Orson Welles	Actor	6-May-1915	10-Oct-1985	Citizen Kane

CAST

Starring
Orson Welles	...   Edward Rochester
Joan Fontaine	...   Jane Eyre
With
Margaret O'Brien	...   Adele Varens
Peggy Ann Garner	...   Jane Eyre as a Child
John Sutton	...   Dr. Rivers
And
Sara Allgood	...   Bessie
Henry Daniell	...   Brocklehurst
Agnes Moorehead	...   Mrs. Reed
Aubrey Mather	...   Col. Dent
Edith Barrett	...   Mrs. Fairfax
Barbara Everest	...   Lady Ingram
Hillary Brooke	...   Blanche Ingram

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