Rebecca (1940) Front Cover Actor Back Cover Judith Anderson Florence Bates Nigel Bruce Gladys Cooper Reginald Denny Joan Fontaine Laurence Olivier George Sanders C. Aubrey Smith Movie Details Genre Suspense Director Alfred Hitchcock Writer Joan Harrison; Robert E. Sherwood Studio Criterion Language English Audience Rating NR Running Time 130 mins Country USA Color Color Plot "Last Night, I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again." Rebecca 's haunting opening line conjures the entirety of Hitchcock's romantic, suspenseful, elegant film. A young woman (Joan Fontaine) believes her every dream has come true when her whirlwind romance with the dashing Maxim de Winter (Sire Laurence Olivier) culminates in marriage. But she soon realizes that Rebecca, the late first Mrs. de Winter, haunts both the temperamental, brooding Maxim and the de Winter mansion, Manderley. In order for Maxim and the new Mrs. de Winter to have a future, Rebecca's spell must be broken and the mystery of her violent dead unraveled. The first collaboration between producer David O. Selznick and Hitchcock, Rebecca was adapted from Daphne du Maurier's popular novel and won the 1940 Academy Award®™ for Best Picture and Cinematography (Black and White). Personal Details My Rating 10 Seen It Yes Index 18 In Collection Yes Product Details Format DVD Region Region 1 Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W Layers Single side, Dual layer UPC 715515012522 Chapters 27 Release Date 2001 Subtitles English Packaging Custom Case Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono Nr of Disks/Tapes 1 Extra Features Commentary by Film Scholar Leonard J. Leff, author of Hitchcock and Selznick Isolated Music and Effects Track Rare Screen, Hair Makeup and Costume Tests Including Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, Loretta Young, Margaret Sullavan and Joan Fontaine Hitchcock on Rebecca , excerpts from his conversations with Francois Truffaut Phone Interviews with Stars Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson from 1986 Hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos chronicling the film's production from location scouting, set photos and wardrobe continuity to ads, posters, and promotional memorabilia Production Correspondence and Casting Notes Deleted Scene Script Excerpts 1939 Test Screening Questionnaire Essay on Rebecca Author Daphne du Maurier Footage from the 1940 Academy Awards™ Ceremony Re-Issue Trailer Three Hours of Complete Radio Show Adaptations: 1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre Broadcast, 1941 Lux Radio Theatre Broadcast starring Ronald Colman and Ida Lupino, Including an Interview with David O. Selznick 1950 Lux Radio Theatre Broadcast Starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh 22-Page Booklet Including Liner Notes by Robin Wood