Rebecca
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..."
7.9(2,006) 1940-03-23 130 minMysteryRomanceDrama
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Original Music ComposerFranz Waxman
ScreenplayJoan Harrison
ScreenplayRobert E. Sherwood
ProducerDavid O. Selznick
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
Cast & characters
Laurence Olivier
as Maxim de Winter
Joan Fontaine
as Mrs. de Winter
George Sanders
as Jack Favell
Judith Anderson
as Mrs. Danvers
Gladys Cooper
as Beatrice Lacy
Nigel Bruce
as Giles Lacy
Reginald Denny
as Frank Crawley
C. Aubrey Smith
as Colonel Julyan
Melville Cooper
as Coroner
Florence Bates
as Edythe Van Hopper
Leonard Carey
as Ben
Leo G. Carroll
as Dr. Baker
Edward Fielding
as Frith
Lumsden Hare
as Tabbs
Forrester Harvey
as Chalcroft
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Philip Winter
as Robert
Bunny Beatty
as Maid (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
as Policeman (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Manager of Princesse Hotel (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
as Mullen (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
as Hotel Headwaiter (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
