---
title: 'Rebecca (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rebecca-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rebecca (1940)

1940 · 126 min · Drama, Romance, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Joan Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-harrison), [Robert E. Sherwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-e-sherwood), [Michael Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hogan-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [David O. Selznick](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-selznick)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barnes)
- **Editor:** [W. Donn Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-donn-hayes)

## Cast

- [Forrester Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrester-harvey)
- [Leo G. Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-g-carroll)
- [Billy Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bevan)
- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- [Edward Fielding](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-fielding)
- [Gino Corrado](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-corrado)
- [Melville Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/melville-cooper)
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce)
- [George Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sanders)
- [Gladys Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-cooper)
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare)
- [Judith Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-anderson) as Mrs. Danvers
- [Joan Fontaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-fontaine)
- [Florence Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-bates)
- [Leonard Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-carey)

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