Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Hitchcock jiri nlezianya mee ihe nkiri America; ihe nkiri America mbụ ya bụ nke e mere n'England nke "Amerịka" nke ihe odide ahụ bụ ihe ndabara: "Rebecca" (1940) bụ nke e mere na Hollywood nke England nke Cornwall ma dabere na akwụkwọ akụkọ nke onye edemede Bekee bụ Daphne du Maurier dere. Selznick siri ọnwụ na a ga-eme akwụkwọ ahụ n'ụzọ ziri ezi, ma ekwenyeghị na Hitchcock na iji ọchị eme ihe. Ihe nkiri ahụ, nke Laurence Olivier na Joan Fontaine na-eme, gbasara nwa agbọghọ na-amaghị aha ya nke lụrụ onye aristọkat di ya nwụrụ. Ọ bi na nnukwu ụlọ ya dị n'ime obodo Bekee, ma na-alụ ọgụ na aha ọma nke nwunye mbụ ya mara mma na nke ụwa Rebecca, onye nwụrụ n'ọnọdụ dị omimi. Ihe nkiri ahụ meriri ihe nkiri kacha mma na
13th Academy Awards; e nyere onye na-emepụta ihe Selznick ihe oyiyi ahụ. Hitchcock nwetara nhọpụta mbụ ya maka Onye Nduzi Kasị Mma, nke mbụ ya n'ime nhọpụta ise dị otú ahụ.