A young woman (Sally Ann Howes) raised in an orphanage has been engaged by the imposing owner (Zachary Scott) of Thornton Hall as a governess to his ward (Leslye Hunter). Slowly, she finds herself falling in love with him but tragedy is just around the corner. Based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte and directed by Marc Daniels (THE POWER AND THE GLORY). There have been countless versions of Bronte's classic Gothic romance. At least thirty stage, TV, radio and film adaptations. This "live" version made for TV is a sort of Readers Digest version of Bronte's book. While it has the essence of the book, it lacks the complexities and depth of the novel. Sally Ann Howes makes for a decent Jane Eyre but as the enigmatic Rochester, Zachary Scott is deficient in the charismatic qualities that compensate for his brusque broodiness. With Fritz Weaver, Laurie Main and Angela Thornton.
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