Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Hitchcock ya kusanci fina-finai na Amurka a hankali; An shirya fim dinsa na farko na Amurka a Ingila wanda "Amurkancin" haruffa ya kasance abin da ya faru: "Rebecca" (1940) an saita shi a cikin sigar Hollywood na Cornwall na Ingila kuma ya dogara ne akan wani labari na marubucin Turanci Daphne du Maurier. Selznick ya nace kan daidaita littafin da aminci, kuma bai yarda da Hitchcock ba tare da amfani da raha. Fim din, wanda Laurence Olivier da Joan Fontaine suka fito, ya shafi wata budurwa mara suna wacce ta auri wani dan gidan sarauta. Tana zaune a cikin babban gidansa na Ingila, kuma yana fama da suna mai ban sha'awa na matarsa na farko Rebecca, wanda ya mutu a cikin yanayi mai ban mamaki. Fim din ya lashe Kyauta Mafi Kyawu a
13th Academy Awards; an ba da mutum-mutumi ga mai samar da Selznick. Hitchcock ya sami lambar yabo ta farko don Mafi Kyawun Daraktan, na farko daga cikin biyar irin wannan gabatarwa.