![]() ![]() Guido brushes off Phillip's suspicions, telling him that the estate was left to him and not Rachel, and that Ambrose's accusations were the result of a brain tumor that left him mentally unbalanced. Phillip sets off for Florence but arrives to find that his uncle has already died and that Rachel has gone away. ![]() Written in an unsteady scrawl, they tell Phillip that Rachel and her lawyer friend Guido are conspiring to murder him. Phillip is disappointed to read that his uncle's return home is delayed but he grows even more concerned when more disturbing letters arrive. From there he sends Phillip a letter telling him that he is getting married to a woman named Rachel Sangaletti, the widow of an Italian count. When Phillip is in his early 20s uncle Ambrose goes to the warmer climates of Italy to restore his health. Phillip Ashley (Burton) is a callow youth who has grown up in the lap of luxury, as the ward of his uncle Ambrose. It is set in coastal Cornwall in the early 19th century. It is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. My Cousin Rachel is a 1952 film directed by Henry Koster, starring Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland. ![]()
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