We're finally getting to one of our most requested episodes: Daphne du Maurier's romantic thriller Rebecca! This episode is truly putting the perish in Adapt or Perish.

In this episode we discuss:

• Daphne du Maurier's original 1938 novel
• The 1940 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison, Philip MacDonald, and Michael Hogan, and starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, and Judith Anderson
• The 1979 miniseries directed by Simon Langton, written by Hugh Whitemore, and starring Joanna David, Jeremy Brett, and Anna Massey
• The 1997 miniseries directed by Jim O'Brien, written by Arthur Hopcraft, and starring Emilia Fox, Charles Dance, and Diana Rigg
• The 2020 movie directed by Ben Wheatley, written by Jane Goldman, Joe Shrapnel, and Anna Waterhouse, and starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, and Kristin Scott Thomas

Footnotes:

• Episode 23: Dial M for (A Perfect) Murder on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Episode 30: Sherlock Holmes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Episode 43: Jane Eyre, Part 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1965)
• Psycho (1960) and Psycho (1998)
• Gosford Park (2001)

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