Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
What horror did her secret life hold… that made her dread this man of her dreams?
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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Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Teresa Wright
Charlie Newton 
Joseph Cotten
Charlie Oakley 
Macdonald Carey
Jack Graham 
Henry Travers
Joseph Newton 
Patricia Collinge
Emma Newton 
Hume Cronyn
Herbie Hawkins 
Wallace Ford
Fred Saunders 
Edna May Wonacott
Ann Newton 
Charles Bates
Roger Newton 
Irving Bacon
Station Master 
Clarence Muse
Pullman Porter 
Janet Shaw
Louise Finch User Reviews (1)
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…
