Rebecca, 1997

A Masterpiece Theater adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel.

Starring Diana Rigg, Charles Dance, Faye Dunaway, Emilia Fox, Ian McDiarmid

sez says: Two parts and pretty long -- a pale version of the Hitchcock classic. Expected Rigg to do a great job of Mrs Danvers but she didn't deliver the goods. None of the acting was very impressive. This version is a little truer to the novel (he really did kill her on purpose) than Hitchcock's version, which was shaped by the Film Production Codes.  And Joan Fontaine's version of the new Mrs. de Winter, stand heads and shoulders over Ms. Fox.  In this version the emphasis on the age difference between Max and his new wife edged up a bit too close to making him look like a pedophile.  The best part of watching this is realizing what a master Hitchcock was...he did the story in half the time and twice the suspense. GRADE C-

IMDB Link:  Rebecca 1997