In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

What horror did her secret life hold… that made her dread this man of her dreams?

★ 7.5/10 January 15, 1943 108 min

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Director: Alfred Hitchcock  ·  Writers: Thornton Wilder, Alma Reville, Sally Benson

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

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Teresa Wright Teresa Wright Charlie Newton Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten Charlie Oakley Macdonald Carey Macdonald Carey Jack Graham Henry Travers Henry Travers Joseph Newton Patricia Collinge Patricia Collinge Emma Newton Hume Cronyn Hume Cronyn Herbie Hawkins Wallace Ford Wallace Ford Fred Saunders Edna May Wonacott Edna May Wonacott Ann Newton Charles Bates Charles Bates Roger Newton Irving Bacon Irving Bacon Station Master Clarence Muse Clarence Muse Pullman Porter Janet Shaw Janet Shaw Louise Finch

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John Chard
John Chard August 6, 2019
★ 9/10

Merry Widow Murderer - Hitchcock style! Shadow Of A Doubt was believed to have been Hitchcock's own favourite movie, the one that he was most proud of as he felt his critics hadn't got any justifiable ammunition to shoot him down with. The film stands out because it doesn't have the tongue in cheek dark humour traits that light up most of the maestro's classics. The cheeky bonus is that of having the central premise of the main protagonist being a hero of the people. His family all adore him, where he is on the surface a man that all men want to be, and it's here that Hitchcock moulds a chilling filmic arc, in fact, it's a masterstroke of filmic manipulation. The plot involves Uncle Charlie returning to his adoring family in Santa Rosa after avoiding his apprehension for the murder of a widow. His niece Charlie treats Uncle as a hero, she worships the ground he walks on, but as the…