
Jane Eyre 1949
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?
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast

Charlton Heston
Edward Rochester

Viola Roache
Blanche Ingram
Ethel Remey
Mrs. Fairfax (as Ethel Everett)

Joan Wetmore
Grace Poole

Adelaide Klein
Mrs. Bruhl (uncredited)

Mary Sinclair
Jane Eyre