A young English girl in Monte Carlo falls in love with a rude, handsome stranger who poses to her and rescues her from the drudgery of being a hired panion. But when he takes her to his untry estate, Manderly, all her nfidence disappears, especially in the face of Maxim's dour and mysterious housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and as odd rumors reach her, the send Mrs. de Winter decides to find out everything she can about her predecessor, Rebea.