Rebecca

About Rebecca

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.

Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca is a 1940 mystery romance film. Laurence Olivier appears as Maxim de Winter, Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter, George Sanders as Jack Favell, and Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers.

Released in March 1940, it runs 130 minutes. Written by Joan Harrison and Robert E. Sherwood. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under film noir, obsession, rural area, and gothic. American members can watch it on Brew. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 2,073 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Rebecca, The Night of the Hunter, and Poor Things make useful companions to Rebecca, all filed under housekeeper and mysterious death.