Shadow of a Doubt
by Alfred Hitchcock
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Actor: Henry Travers, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Teresa WrightDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Joseph A. Valentine
Editor: Milton Carruth
Producer: Jack H. Skirball
Writer: Alma Reville
Writer: Gordon McDonell
Writer: Sally Benson
Writer: Thornton Wilder
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Shadow of a Doubt
Movie Review: Portrait of Evil
Summary: 5 Stars
An excellent film, beautifully scripted and beautifully acted. Cotton as the sinister 'Uncle Charlie' is especially creepy and realistic. His niece, Charlie the Younger if you will, is also excellent as the girl who almost falls in love with her long lost Uncle only to grow increasingly suspicious of this handsome but truly odd man.
Cotton, as it turns out, is a serial killer, having killed at least three wealthy widows for their money. But, to my way of thinking, the most fascinating part of his portrayal is not that he is an oily con man but, in many ways, he's exactly the opposite. He's idiosyncratic to the extreme with an extraordinarily crabbed view of life in general and especially, from his point of view, parasitic heiresses who deserve no more than extermination.
His niece becomes increasingly alarmed at her Uncle's philosophy although she doesn't want to believe the worst. The film is largely about her coming to grips with a painful reality and what both she and her Uncle do about it. Fascinating. Did I say I liked it?
Ron
Summary of Shadow of a Doubt
A young woman thinks her uncle may be a serial killer. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/07/2006 Starring: Teresa Wright Charles Bates Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock considered this 1943 thriller to be his personal favorite among his own films, and although it's not as popular as some of Hitchcock's later work, it's certainly worthy of the master's admiration. Scripted by playwright Thornton Wilder and inspired by the actual case of a 1920's serial killer known as "The Merry Widow Murderer," the movie sets a tone of menace and fear by introducing a psychotic killer into the small-town comforts of Santa Rosa, California. That's where young Charlie (Teresa Wright) lives with her parents and two younger siblings, and where murder is little more than a topic of morbid conversation for their mystery-buff neighbor (Hume Cronyn). Charlie was named after her favorite uncle, who has just arrived for an extended visit, and at first Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) gets along famously with his admiring niece. But the film's chilling prologue has already revealed Uncle Charlie's true identity as the notorious Merry Widow Murderer, and the suspense grows almost unbearable when young Charlie's trust gives way to gradual dread and suspicion. Through narrow escapes and a climactic scene aboard a speeding train, this witty thriller strips away the fa?ade of small-town tranquility to reveal evil where it's least expected. And, of course, it's all done in pure Hitchcockian style. --Jeff Shannon
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