Directed by:
Robert StevensonScreenplay:
Aldous HuxleyCinematography:
George BarnesComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, John Sutton, Peggy Ann Garner, Sara Allgood, Henry Daniell, Agnes Moorehead, Aubrey Mather, Hillary Brooke (more)VOD (1)
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Jane Eyre secures a job as governess to the child (Margaret O'Brien) of the troubled Edward Rochester, sire of Thornfield, a mysterious English manor. When she hears strange cries and noises from a distant wing, her inquiries are rebuffed. As time goes on, Jane and her master fall in love and decide to marry. But their halted when a visitor suddenly reveals the shocking secret that Rochester has kept for years. (official distributor synopsis)
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Orson Welles
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