My Cousin Rachel (1952)

Synopsis of 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 circumstances. Philip Ashley Burton is the dead man's cousin, who in probing his relative's demise immediately suspects Rachel -- and goes on suspecting her even after he falls in love with her. Going against the inheritance laws of the era, Burton turns over his cousin's estate to Rachel, but she refuses his entreaties of marriage. He soon falls ill, and it is whispered that Rachel has poisoned him. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Director(s):

Henry Koster

Writer(s):

Nunnally Johnson

Producer(s):

Nunnally Johnson

• 1952 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - New Star of the Year - Male

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