Rebecca Movie Review 1940

Based on Daphne Du Maurier's best-selling novel about a young unsophisticated girl who marries a moody and prominent country gentleman haunted by the memory of his first wife. Fontaine and Olivier turn in fine performances as the unlikely couple. Suspenseful and surprising. Hitchcock's first American film and only Best Picture Oscar.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 130 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Marriage, Top Grossing Films of 1940, Books to Film: Daphne Du Maurier, The Help: Female, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Joan Harrison, Robert Sherwood

Cast

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

Cinematography

George Barnes

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Music

Franz Waxman

Producer

Selznick Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1940: B&W Cinematog., Picture.