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My Cousin Rachel is a 1952 American romantic mystery film directed by Henry Koster and starring Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton, Ronald Squire, George Dolenz and John Sutton. The film is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.
The first film adaptation, Henry Koster's My Cousin Rachel starring Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland, was released in 1952. Du Maurier and original director George Cukor reviewed a screenplay draft and found it unfaithful to the novel, with du Maurier declaring it "Quite desperate."
- Daphne du Maurier
- 1951
In his U.S. film debut, Burton plays Philip Ashley, whose wealthy cousin Ambrose leaves his estate to him rather than Ambrose's own wife Rachel. Ashley finds himself falling for Rachel, even as he suspects her of murdering her husband and using Ashley to get the fortune she was denied.
When Philip Ashley's (Richard Burton) wealthy cousin, Ambrose (John Sutton), dies suddenly, his suspicions drift to Ambrose's new and icy wife, Rachel (Olivia de Havilland), who stands to...
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- Olivia de Havilland
- Henry Koster
- Mystery & Thriller
Based on a Daphne du Maurier novel and destined to be forever upstaged by that other du Maurier adaptation, Rebecca (1940), the film stars Richard Burton in his first U.S. film as Philip Ashley, a wealthy, orphaned boy raised in Cornwall by his cousin Ambrose (John Sutton).
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Language: English / Italian. Support: Black and White. Runtime: 98 min. An in-depth review of the film My Cousin Rachel (1952) directed by Henry Koster, featuring Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton.
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.
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