"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.
MysteryRomanceThrillerbased on novel or bookage differenceobsessionmonte carlobridecornwall, englandlovefilm noirrural areablack and whitedevotionhousekeeper
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
18 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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Cast
- Laurence OlivierMaxim de Winter
- Joan FontaineMrs. de Winter
- George SandersJack Favell
- Judith AndersonMrs. Danvers
- Gladys CooperBeatrice Lacy
- Nigel BruceGiles Lacy
- Reginald DennyFrank Crawley
- C. Aubrey SmithColonel Julyan
- Melville CooperCoroner
- Florence BatesEdythe Van Hopper
Crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Joan HarrisonScreenplay
- Robert E. SherwoodScreenplay
- Daphne du MaurierNovel
- George BarnesDirector of Photography
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- David O. SelznickProducer
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