Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hitchcock akasvika kumafirimu eAmerica nokungwarira; firimu rake rokutanga reAmerica rakagadzirirwa muEngland umo "America" yevanhu vakanga vari chiitiko: "Rebecca" (1940) yakaiswa muHollywood version yeEngland's Cornwall uye yakabva pane imwe nhoroondo nemunyori weChirungu Daphne du Maurier. Selznick akaomerera pakushandurwa kwakatendeka kwebhuku, uye haana kubvumirana naHitchcock nekushandiswa kwekuseka. Firimu racho, rinotambwa naLaurence Olivier naJoan Fontaine, rinotaura nezvemukadzi wechiduku asina ruzivo uyo anoroora murume akafirwa nomurume. Iye anogara muimba yake huru yeEngland yekumaruwa, uye anorwisana nemukurumbira wakasara wemukadzi wake wekutanga anoyevedza uye wepanyika Rebecca, akafa mumamiriro ezvinhu asinganzwisisike. Firimu racho rakawana mubairo weBest Picture pa13th Academy Awards
; chidhori chakapiwa mugadziri Selznick. Hitchcock akagamuchira kukwikwidzwa kwake kwokutanga nokuda kwoMutungamiriri Akanakisisa, kwokutanga kwokukwikwidzwa kwakadaro kushanu.