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Title: Rebecca (1940)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | ... | Mrs. Van Hopper | |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Coroner | |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Dr. Baker | |
| Leonard Carey | ... | Ben | |
| Lumsden Hare | ... | Tabbs | |
| Edward Fielding | ... | Frith | |
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Philip Winter | ... | Robert |
A shy lady's companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter (Sir Laurence Olivier). She and Max fall in love, marry, and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (Dame Judith Anderson), and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
This fine classic combines a great director, a great story, and a great cast. Any one of those would have made for a good movie, but all three make it an excellent one. Hitchcock's style and eye for detail combine very well with a story (from a novel that is extremely good in its own right) filled with psychological fear and settings that are interesting and suggestive.
Most of the time the story itself moves fairly slowly, allowing the focus to be on the characters, but there are also a couple of very good plot twists, which can be very surprising if you've not seen the movie or read the novel. So if you happen not to know the story, it's a good idea to see the film before reading a lot of comments about it. Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, and George Sanders are all perfectly cast and do a wonderful job bringing their characters to life, and making you feel a part of the story.
"Rebecca" should be satisfying not only to any Hitchcock fan, but to anyone who likes classic movies. Whether you like romance, suspense, or drama, they're all here, and put together by a director and cast that are masters of their art.