| Release Date: | Mar 1940 |
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| Genres: | Thriller / Romance / Mystery |
| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 nominations |
| Runtime: | 130 min |
| Cast: | Laurence Olivier (George Fortescue Maximilian 'Maxim'...), Joan Fontaine (The Second 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. Edythe Van Hopper) Melville Cooper (Coroner) Leo G. Carroll (Dr. Baker) Leonard Carey (Ben) Lumsden Hare (Tabbs) Edward Fielding (Frith) Forrester Harvey (Chalcroft) |
A shy ladies' companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderlay, 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 clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderlay.
