| Series: | Studio One |
| Season: | 2 |
| Episode: | 14 |
| Director: | Franklin J. Schaffner |
| Based On: | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| Length: | 60 mins |
"Jane Eyre" is a 1949 American television play adapting the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. 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.
It 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.
The episode was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner whose biographer wrote "From the start of the show to its end, [producer Worthington] Miner's influence is apparent: Schaffner's camera is constantly on the move; in a few years he would be known for his long and graceful tracking shots. Oddly enough, none of the other networks used a moving camera to any extent."[4]
The Independent called it "moving and well integrated."[5]
Producer Hal Wallis was so impressed by Charlton Heston's performance he offered him a contract and put Heston in Dark City.[6]