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.
Cast
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
Bunny Beatty
Maid (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Policeman (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Manager of Princesse Hotel (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Mullen (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Hotel Headwaiter (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited)
Phyllis Woodward
Little Girl (uncredited)
Crew
Joseph B. Platt
Interior Designer
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
Michael Hogan
Adaptation
Joan Harrison
Screenplay
Robert E. Sherwood
Screenplay
Daphne du Maurier
Novel
Hal C. Kern
Supervising Film Editor
W. Donn Hayes
Editor
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Eric Stacey
Assistant Director
Edmond F. Bernoudy
Assistant Director
David O. Selznick
Producer
Irving Rosenberg
Camera Operator
Arthur E. Arling
Camera Operator
Vincent J. Farrar
Camera Operator
Monte Westmore
Makeup Artist
Lloyd Knechtel
Second Unit Cinematographer
Archie Stout
Second Unit Cinematographer
Ellis W. Carter
Second Unit Cinematographer
D. Ross Lederman
Second Unit
Arthur Johns
Sound Designer
Jack Noyes
Sound Designer
Jack Cosgrove
Special Effects
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Joseph Nussbaum
Additional Music, Orchestrator
Hans Sommer
Additional Music
Robert Russell Bennett
Additional Music, Orchestrator
Albert Simpson
Matte Painter
Adele Cannon
Script Supervisor
Lydia Schiller
Continuity
Russell Birdwell
Unit Publicist
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
Louis Forbes
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