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