Rebecca (1940) Rating: Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Nigel Bruce, George Sanders, Reginald Denny Director: Alfred Hitchcock Category: Drama, Classics, Suspense / Thriller Studio: MGM / UA Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Length: 131 mins Want to buy?           For his first American film, Alfred Hitchcock teamed up with producer David O. Selznick (Gone With the Wind) to create a "spine-tingling" (LA Weekly) romantic thriller that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Based on Daphne Du Maurier's timeless novel, this dark, atmospheric tale of fatal obsession features Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson, as well as a "haunting score by Franz Waxman" (Leonard Maltin). After a whirlwind romance, mysterious widower Maxim de Winter (Olivier) brings his shy, young bride (Fontaine) home to his imposing estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife: the brilliant, ravishingly beautiful Rebecca, who, she suspects, still rules both Manderley and Maxim from beyond the grave!