Jane Eyre (Studio One)
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Episode no.Season 2
Episode 14
Episode 14
Directed byFranklin J. Schaffner
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Based onJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
| "Jane Eyre" | |
|---|---|
| Studio One episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 14 |
| Directed by | Franklin J. Schaffner |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Based on | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë |
| Original air date | December 12, 1949 |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
"Jane Eyre" is a 1949 American television play adapting the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. It aired as an episode of Studio One and starred Charlton Heston as Rochester.[1][2]
A woman, Jane Eyre, goes to work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, run by the mysterious Rochester.
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Rochester
- Mary Sinclair
- Viola Roache
- Ethel Remey
- Joan Wetmore
- Adelaide Klein
Production
The episode was Heston's sixth appearance for Studio One.[3] He had previously made "Of Human Bondage" for the show; like that, this was adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott.