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     Rebecca

1940  NR  DRAMA  2h 10min

CAST— Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Leo G. Carroll, Melville Cooper

MUSIC— Franz Waxman  DIRECTOR— Alfred Hitchcock  BASED ON— Rebecca (novel), by Daphne du Maurier

     To the delight of audiences and critics alike, Hitchcock weaves a captivating web of suspense and melodrama. The story is simple yet fascinating: a young woman marries an older widower, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife, Rebecca. Upon arrival at his ancestral home things begin to turn sour: the head housekeeper, one Mrs. Danvers, played to eerie perfection by Judith Anderson, resents her from the very beginning. She begins a one woman campaign to sabotage the new marriage, and destroy the new bride’s sanity in the process. Just who was Rebecca? How could she cast such an all-encompassing spell over all those around her? Top-notch performances, terrific direction, expansive design, powerful to the last. Oscar-winner for Best Picture, Best Cinematography.

OUR RATING— ***

REMADE AS— Rebecca (1979/1997)