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Shadow of a Doubt
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| Shadow of a Doubt | |
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 original film poster |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Produced by | Jack H. Skirball |
| Written by | Story: Thornton Wilder Screenplay: Thornton Wilder Sally Benson Alma Reville |
| Starring | Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Macdonald Carey Henry Travers |
| Music by | Original music: Dimitri Tiomkin Non original music: Franz Lehár |
| Cinematography | Joseph A. Valentine |
| Editing by | Milton Carruth |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  January 12, 1943 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Language | English |
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| IMDb profile | |
Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 Alfred Hitchcock film noir which tells the story of a young woman who thinks that her visiting uncle might be a serial killer, the "Merry Widow Murderer", who seduces, murders, and robs wealthy new widows. It features one of Hitchcock's greatest villains: Charles "Uncle Charlie" Oakley, the namesake of the film's heroine, young Charlotte "Charlie" Newton. Because the film's two most prominent character share the same nickname, the name "Charlie" is said on screen approximately 170 times.
The film stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn. The film is considered a classic and one of Hitchcock's best American films, and Hitchcock himself often said that it was his favorite out of all the films he directed. [1]
The movie was written by Gordon McDonell, Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and filmed in Santa Rosa, California.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story (Gordon McDonell).
Shadow of a Doubt has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
It was remade as Step Down to Terror in 1958 and had a considerable thematic influence over David Lynch's Blue Velvet.
In 1950, Shadow of a Doubt was featured as a radio play on Screen Directors Playhouse and starred Cary Grant as 'Uncle' Charlie, opposite Betsy Drake as the younger Charlie.
| Actor | Role |
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| Teresa Wright | Young Charlie |
| Joseph Cotten | Uncle Charlie |
| Macdonald Carey | Det. Jack Graham |
| Henry Travers | Joseph Newton |
| Patricia Collinge | Emma Newton |
| Hume Cronyn | Herbie Hawkins |
| Wallace Ford | Det. Fred Saunders |
Alfred Hitchcock cameo: Hitchcock appears on the train to Santa Rosa playing cards with a man and a woman, at around 15 minutes into the film.
- Shadow of a Doubt at Movie Tome
- Shadow of a Doubt at the Internet Movie Database
- Cary Grant Radio show listing for Shadow of a doubt
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