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Overall Rank: 3763
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 27
Theatrical Release Date: 04/07/1944
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Agnes Moorehead, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather
Plot: Based on the classic novel, the plain, poor Jane Eyre comes to work as the governess for Thornhill Hall and finds herself falling for the debonaire Mr. Rochester. Yet the arrival of the wealthy Blanche Ingram means her love may be short-lived - especially as the secrets of Thornhill Hall come to light. -- Chris Kavan
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Yojimbo - wrote on 07/13/2012
The usual mixture of bonnets and frockcoats, handwringing and staring tearfully in the middle distance you'd expect from an Bronte adaptation. Orson Welles intensity devours the camera, but this kind of stilted melodrama not only leaves me cold, but seems faintly absurd.
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