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1940 • 2h 10min • Approved • Mystery, Thriller, Romance

Rebecca

""Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...""

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.

IMDb 8.1

RT 98%

MC 86

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers

Philip MacDonald

Joan Harrison

Robert E. Sherwood

Composer

Franz Waxman

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Laurence Olivier

Maxim de Winter

Joan Fontaine

Mrs. de Winter

George Sanders

Jack Favell

Judith Anderson

Mrs. Danvers

Nigel Bruce

Major Giles Lacy

Reginald Denny

Frank Crawley

C. Aubrey Smith

Colonel Julyan

Gladys Cooper

Beatrice Lacy

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Laurence Olivier Maxim de Winter

Joan Fontaine Mrs. de Winter

George Sanders Jack Favell

Judith Anderson Mrs. Danvers

Nigel Bruce Major Giles Lacy

Reginald Denny Frank Crawley

C. Aubrey Smith Colonel Julyan

Gladys Cooper Beatrice Lacy

Florence Bates Edythe Van Hopper

Melville Cooper Coroner

Leo G. Carroll Dr. Baker

Leonard Carey Ben

Lumsden Hare Tabbs

Edward Fielding Frith

Philip Winter Robert

Forrester Harvey Chalcroft

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