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.
Laurence Olivier
as Maxim de Winter
Joan Fontaine
as Mrs. de Winter
George Sanders
as Jack Favell
Judith Anderson
as Mrs. Danvers
Nigel Bruce
as Major Giles Lacy
Reginald Denny
as Frank Crawley
C. Aubrey Smith
as Colonel Julyan
Gladys Cooper
as Beatrice Lacy
Florence Bates
as Edythe Van Hopper
Melville Cooper
as Coroner
Leo G. Carroll
as Dr. Baker
Leonard Carey
as Ben