Rebecca (1940) 8.3
A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife. Director:Alfred Hitchcock |
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Rebecca (1940) 8.3
A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife. Director:Alfred Hitchcock |
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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Laurence Olivier | ... | ||
Joan Fontaine | ... | ||
George Sanders | ... | ||
Judith Anderson | ... | ||
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Nigel Bruce | ... | |
Reginald Denny | ... | ||
C. Aubrey Smith | ... | ||
Gladys Cooper | ... | ||
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Florence Bates | ... | |
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Melville Cooper | ... |
Coroner
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Leo G. Carroll | ... | ||
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Leonard Carey | ... | |
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Lumsden Hare | ... | |
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Edward Fielding | ... | |
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Philip Winter | ... |
A shy ladies' companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The second Mrs. de Winter clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley. Written by Col Needham <[email protected]>
In his long career, Alfred Hitchcock directed many great films. Rebecca ranks as one of the greatest. It was the only Hitchcock movie to win a Best Picture Oscar and it was his first Hollywood film after leaving England. This was also the first film in which he adapted someone else's work, the famous novel by de Maurier.
This film features all the twists and strange characters you would expect from Hitchcock along with the trademark unexpected ending. Sir Laurence Olivier is great, as usual, as Maximillian de Winter. The stunning Joan Fontaine is wonderful as "the Second Mrs. de Winter". Rebecca is an entertaining thriller by one of the masters of film.