Rebecca (1940)
Kernel Score: 89% · 1,938 ratings
Genres: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Released: 1940-03-23
Runtime: 130 minutes
Overview
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.
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Cast
- Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter
- Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter
- George Sanders as Jack Favell
- Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers
- Nigel Bruce as Major Giles Lacy
- Reginald Denny as Frank Crawley
- C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Julyan
- Gladys Cooper as Beatrice Lacy
- Florence Bates as Edythe Van Hopper
- Melville Cooper as Coroner