Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier – ranked by AFI among the greatest screen legends of all time – opposite Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson and George Sanders, REBECCA (1940) earned a place on the American Film Institute’s list of the art form’s most heart-pounding thrillers. Anderson’s Mrs. Danvers was also counted by AFI as one of the screen’s most memorable villains.
Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about REBECCA.