My Cousin Rachel

Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton star in this adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic novel. In a reversal of -Jane Eyre, it is the hero who arrives at the home of a mysterious woman. Rachel (de Havilland) is the widow of a Cornish man of property (John Sutton), who died in suspicious ...more

Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton are the dramatic mainstays of this classic 1950s drama, based on a popular novel by Daphne du Maurier. Set in Victorian England, it centers on a mysterious woman whose British husband has died after marrying her in Italy. She returns to England, and her relationship with the man's foster son involves conflicting emotions of attraction, repulsion, and suspicion. Cinematographer Joseph La Shelle and Burton were nominated for Oscars. Screenwriter Nunnally ...more