Shadow of a Doubt
Category: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Release Year: 1943
Country: USA
Runtime: 108
Rating: 5.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Sound: Mono
Taglines: These are the Duke boys... from the beginning Writing by: Thornton Wilder - (screenplay) &
Sally Benson - (screenplay) &
Alma Reville - (screenplay)
Gordon McDonell - (story)
Produced by: Jack H. Skirball - producer
Cast: Teresa Wright - Young Charlie
Joseph Cotten - Uncle Charlie
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
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin Official Website: Visit WebsitePlot Outline: A young woman thinks her uncle may be a serial killer.
Plot: The Newton family lead a quiet life in the North California town of Santa Rosa. The Newtons eldest daughter, young Charlie, decides that things need brightening up and resolves to contact her Uncle Charlie (after whom she is named) and invite him to stay. On arrival at the telegraph office she discovers he is already on his way. However, Uncle Charlie is being pursued by a couple of detectives who suspect him of being "The Merry Widow Murderer", an evil strangler wanted in connection with the deaths of several rich East coast widows.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
We can see many outtakes during the end credits.
Goofs: We know about 5 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Crew or equipment visible: When young Charlie is reading the newspaper in the library, the camera casts a shadow on her back.
Trivia: There are 14 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- Director Cameo: [Alfred Hitchcock] on the train to Santa Rosa playing cards. He has the entire suit of spades in his hand, including the symbolic ace.
- Alfred Hitchcock often said that this was his favorite film.
- Director Trademark: [Alfred Hitchcock] [bathroom] "BM" is engraved on a ring.
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