Rebecca (1940)
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.
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers:
Joan Harrison, Robert E. Sherwood.
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Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter |
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Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter |
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George Sanders as Jack Favell |
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Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers |
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Nigel Bruce as Major Giles Lacy |
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Reginald Denny as Frank Crawley |
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C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Julyan |
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Gladys Cooper as Beatrice Lacy |
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Florence Bates as Edythe Van Hopper |
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Melville Cooper as Coroner |
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Leo G. Carroll as Dr. Baker |
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Leonard Carey as Ben |
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Lumsden Hare as Tabbs |
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Edward Fielding as Frith |
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Philip Winter as Robert |
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Forrester Harvey as Chalcroft |
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Bunny Beatty as Maid (uncredited) |
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Billy Bevan as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Egon Brecher as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
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Gino Corrado as Manager of Princesse Hotel (uncredited) |
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Alfred Hitchcock as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited) |
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Leyland Hodgson as Mullen (uncredited) |
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Alphonse Martell as Hotel Headwaiter (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Hotel Waiter (uncredited) |
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Ronald R. Rondell as Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited) |
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Phyllis Woodward as Little Girl (uncredited) |
| Production | David O. Selznick | Producer |
| Editing | W. Donn Hayes | Editor |
| Writing | Michael Hogan | Adaptation |
| Directing | Alfred Hitchcock | Director |
| Writing | Daphne du Maurier | Novel |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Jack Cosgrove | Special Effects |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jack Noyes | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Arthur Johns | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Joan Harrison | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert E. Sherwood | Screenplay |
| Art | Joseph B. Platt | Interior Designer |
| Writing | Philip MacDonald | Adaptation |
| Camera | George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monte Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Ellis W. Carter | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Crew | Archie Stout | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Editing | Hal C. Kern | Supervising Film Editor |
| Directing | Edmond F. Bernoudy | Assistant Director |
| Crew | D. Ross Lederman | Second Unit |
| Crew | Lloyd Knechtel | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Camera | Irving Rosenberg | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Eric Stacey | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Orchestrator |
| Camera | Arthur E. Arling | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vincent J. Farrar | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Russell Birdwell | Unit Publicist |
| Directing | Adele Cannon | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Joseph Nussbaum | Additional Music |
| Crew | Hans Sommer | Additional Music |
| Directing | Lydia Schiller | Continuity |
| Sound | Joseph Nussbaum | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Robert Russell Bennett | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Louis Forbes | Other |
| Crew | Robert Russell Bennett | Additional Music |
| Visual Effects | Albert Simpson | Matte Painter |
| Editing | James E. Newcom | Associate Editor |