Jane Eyre | |
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Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
Screenplay by | John Houseman Aldous Huxley Robert Stevenson |
Based on | Jane Eyre 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë |
Produced by | Uncredited: |
Starring | Orson Welles Joan Fontaine |
Cinematography | George Barnes |
Edited by | Walter Thompson |
Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,705,000[2] |
Box office | $1.75 million (rentals)[3] 2,620,527 admissions (France, 1946)[4] |
Jane Eyre is a 1943 American film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by the uncredited Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles; Welles also stars in the film as Edward Rochester, with Joan Fontaine playing the title character.
The screenplay was written by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, and director Robert Stevenson. The musical score was composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann, and the cinematography was by George Barnes.