Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
| Maxim de Winter | Laurence Olivier |
| Mrs. de Winter | Joan Fontaine |
| Jack Favell | George Sanders |
| Mrs. Danvers | Judith Anderson |
| Major Giles Lacy | Nigel Bruce |
| Frank Crawley | Reginald Denny |
| Colonel Julyan | C. Aubrey Smith |
| Beatrice Lacy | Gladys Cooper |
| Edythe Van Hopper | Florence Bates |
| Coroner | Melville Cooper |
| Dr. Baker | Leo G. Carroll |
| Ben | Leonard Carey |
| Tabbs | Lumsden Hare |
| Frith | Edward Fielding |
| Robert | Philip Winter |
| Chalcroft | Forrester Harvey |
| Maid (uncredited) | Bunny Beatty |
| Policeman (uncredited) | Billy Bevan |
| Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | Egon Brecher |
| Manager of Princesse Hotel (uncredited) | Gino Corrado |
| Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited) | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Mullen (uncredited) | Leyland Hodgson |
| Hotel Headwaiter (uncredited) | Alphonse Martell |
| Hotel Waiter (uncredited) | William H. O'Brien |
| Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited) | Ronald R. Rondell |
| Little Girl (uncredited) | Phyllis Woodward |
