Jane Eyre

1943 · directed by Robert Stevenson

Rating
83/100
Hit
yes

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?

Jane Eyre (1943), directed by Robert Stevenson, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Orson Welles
  • Joan Fontaine
  • Margaret O'Brien
  • Peggy Ann Garner
  • John Sutton
  • Sara Allgood
  • Henry Daniell
  • Agnes Moorehead
  • Aubrey Mather
  • Edith Barrett

Crew

  • George Barnes — Director of Photography
  • Walter Thompson — Editor
  • Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer
  • Aldous Huxley — Screenplay
  • John Houseman — Screenplay
  • Robert Stevenson — Screenplay

More from Robert Stevenson

  1. Mary Poppins (1964) — 83/100 · hit
  2. Old Yeller (1957) — 79/100
  3. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) — 77/100
  4. That Darn Cat! (1965) — 73/100
  5. Son of Flubber (1963) — 72/100
  6. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) — 71/100

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