My Cousin Rachel (1952)
Director:
Henry KosterWriters:
Nunnally Johnson (screen play), Daphne Du Maurier (from the novel by) (as Daphne du Maurier)Stars:
Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey DaltonOlivia 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.
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044937/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
