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 (Laurence Olivier). She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson), the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
"There is not a moment... when the camera is not used with cunning confidence... Add to that the usual brilliance of Laurence Olivier and the fact that Joan Fontaine attains a new high level in her career, and you know why this is a first-rate picture." - Birmingham Mail
"The exercise in suspense is dominated by a blistering performance by Judith Anderson as the housekeeper Mrs Danvers." - Times (UK)
"Magnificent romantic-gothic corn, full of Alfred Hitchcock's humor and inventiveness." - The New Yorker
"Fog, shipwreck, an insane man wandering the beach, water-soaked corpses, inquests, forbidden chambers and finally a destroying fire in a big English country house -- all these flesh-curling delights are to be found in Rebecca." - St. Louis-Post Dispatch
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