Teresa Wright

Joseph Cotten

Macdonald Carey

Henry Travers

Patricia Collinge

Hume Cronyn

Wallace Ford

Edna May Wonacott

Charles Bates

Irving Bacon

Clarence Muse

Janet Shaw

Estelle Jewell

Virginia Brissac

Frances Carson

Earle S. Dewey

Sarah Edwards

Edward Fielding

Vaughan Glaser

Alfred Hitchcock

Shep Houghton

Ruth Lee

Eily Malyon

John McGuire

Shirley Mills

Constance Purdy

Robert Quarry

Isabel Randolph

Grandon Rhodes

Byron Shores

Edwin Stanley

Minerva Urecal

Thornton Wilder

Sally Benson

Alma Reville

Jack H. Skirball

Dimitri Tiomkin

Joseph A. Valentine

Milton Carruth

Russell A. Gausman

Vera West

William Tummel

John P. Fulton

Charles Previn

Bernard B. Brown

Adele Cannon

John B. Goodman

Gordon McDonell

Ralph Slosser

Robert F. Boyle

Edward R. Robinson

Dorothea Holt

Robert Pritchard

Adrian

Franz Lehár

Thriller

Shadow of a Doubt

Universal Pictures

Skirball Productions

United States of America

English

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 detectives close in, niece Charlie starts to piece together things and suspects herself that Uncle may just in fact be The Merry Widow Murderer. We are then pitched into the cat & mouse story and become privy to Uncle Charlie's switch from debonair handsome hero, into that of the devil incarnate. The reoccurring theme of The Merry Widow Waltz adds to the uneasy feel, while the relationship between Uncle & Niece is one that I'm sure Hitchcock was revelling in. Make no bones about it, it's in itself bordering on being unhealthy, and it's something that helps make this a more edgier thriller than other genre pieces of the era.

Joseph Cotten is special as Uncle Charlie, his duality acting hits the spot on both fronts, whilst Teresa Wright is beguiling as the niece because she really makes the character infectious. Thus it's with these two great performances that the pics final reel brings socko results. Screenplay is written by the wonderfully talented Thornton Wilder, and with the master directing with swagger in tow, this rounds out as a triumphant classic that shouldn't be missed by fans of such terminologies. 10/10

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