In his first American film, Alfred Hitchcock teamed up with producer David O. Selznick (GONE WITH THE WIND) to created a spine-tingling Romantic thriller that won an 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 musical score by Franz Waxman.After a whirlwind romance, mysterious widower Maxim de Winter (Olivier) brings his shy, young bride (Joan 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 Manderley and Maxim from beyond the grave.