Jane Eyre

Name: Jane Eyre
Director: Robert Stevenson
Released: 1943
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton

1943 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 9,859 VOTES · DIR. Robert Stevenson

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 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?

Dialogue Timeline — 1,181 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:27 [JANE READING ON-SCREEN TEXT]

00:05:01 You've made a wise choice. Wiser than you know.

00:09:24 ...that this girl, this child, the native of a Christian land...

00:13:46 You keep your schoolroom uncommonly cold, Mr. Brocklehurst.

00:17:51 Good night, Helen.

00:21:21 Your wages will be 20 guineas per annum...

00:26:39 Why, your hand is like ice. Come, I'll take you straight to your room.

00:30:18 [JANE CHUCKLES]

00:34:49 I advertised and Mrs. Fairfax answered the advertisement.

00:39:27 [SIGHS]

00:42:18 ...that you did forget it and inquired of my feelings as an equal.

00:47:04 When you came out of your room, did you see anything?

00:50:43 MRS. FAIRFAX: Why, of course.

00:55:30 [BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

01:00:08 Would you go with them?

01:04:54 EDWARD: Jane. - Yes, sir?

01:08:14 - Curse you? No, sir. - Give me your assurance on that.

01:11:33 EDWARD: Well, as a dungeon, it serves its purpose.

01:14:27 From England and from Thornfield.

01:18:02 Monsieur, there's no one I'd rather you marry. Not even Mrs. Fairfax.

01:23:15 A contrast to the Fury I left here. And what did I find?

01:27:21 Found him hanging in his room...

01:31:52 Jane.

01:36:07 Large, brilliant and black.

Cast & Characters

Orson Welles Edward Rochester Joan Fontaine Jane Eyre Margaret O'Brien Adele Varens Peggy Ann Garner Jane Eyre as a Child John Sutton Dr. Rivers Sara Allgood Bessie Henry Daniell Henry Brocklehurst Agnes Moorehead Mrs. Reed Aubrey Mather Colonel Dent Edith Barrett Mrs. Fairfax

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,181

Dialogue density12.2 lines / min

First line00:01:27

Final line01:36:07

Production Record

DirectorRobert Stevenson

LanguageEnglish

Budget$1,705,000

Revenue$3,550,000

IMDb votes9,859