Shadow of a Doubt

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Shadow of a Doubt
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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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For other uses, see Shadow of a Doubt (disambiguation).

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.

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
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

[edit] Alfred Hitchcock cameo

Alfred Hitchcock appears on the train to Santa Rosa playing cards with a man and a woman.

[edit] External links

• Shadow of a Doubt at Movie Tome
• Shadow of a Doubt at the Internet Movie Database
• Alfred Hitchcock Fans Online - Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)
• Cary Grant Radio show listing for Shadow of a doubt

Alfred Hitchcock's films

1920s: The Pleasure Garden • The Mountain Eagle • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog • Downhill • Easy Virtue • The Ring • The Farmer's Wife • Champagne • The Manxman • Blackmail • 1930s: Juno and the Paycock • Murder! • Elstree Calling • The Skin Game • Mary • Number Seventeen • Rich and Strange • Waltzes from Vienna • The Man Who Knew Too Much • The 39 Steps • Secret Agent • Sabotage • Young and Innocent • The Lady Vanishes • Jamaica Inn • 1940s: Rebecca • Foreign Correspondent • Mr. & Mrs. Smith • Suspicion • Saboteur • Shadow of a Doubt • Lifeboat • Aventure Malgache • Bon Voyage • Spellbound • Notorious • The Paradine Case • Rope • Under Capricorn • 1950s: Stage Fright • Strangers on a Train • I Confess • Dial M for Murder • Rear Window • To Catch a Thief • The Trouble with Harry • The Man Who Knew Too Much • The Wrong Man • Vertigo • North by Northwest • 1960s: Psycho • The Birds • Marnie • Torn Curtain • Topaz • 1970s: Frenzy • Family Plot