Max de Winter brings his shy young bride to Manderley, his fine house in Cornwall.
Everywhere she senses the presence of Rebecca, his first wife, drowned in a sailing accident. Mrs Danvers, the intimidating housekeeper, still devoted to her dead mistress, preys on the new Mrs de Winters shortcomings.
By chance Rebecca,s real remains are found. It seems Max had mis-identified the body of a stranger.Was this deliberate?
He reveals noisome details of Rebecca's depraved life and admits he was responsible for her death.
Then the battle begins to save him from the gallows.
The seething storm-tossed location, the dark suspense and the implacable clash of wills are all retained in this adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's famous novel.