This movie had its theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in 1970 and was released on television in the United States in 1971 where it won John Williams an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition.

Jane Eyre (Susannah York) is the kind of classic heroine you read about in high school whose best friend had a cough and was forced to sleep in the rain and died the next day and you wonder, “Why are they making us read this book?” Well, she’s also in love with her boss Edward Rochester (George C. Scott), who is much older than her and he’s the father of Adele, the girl she’s raising. But oh the foggy secrets of Thornfield Hall.

Based on the Charlotte Bronte book, this was directed by Delbert Mann, who had directed Marty, She Waits and David Copperfield. The script was from Jack Pulman, who had worked with Mann on the aforementioned David Copperfield and also wrote Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die and The Executioner.

Don’t have the box set? You can watch this on Tubi.