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Rating: 8.5 stars

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California murder uncle attempted murder black and white nihilism

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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Film Noir | Suspense | Thriller

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, archstanton43, loganpm, sleestakk

Overview

Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.

Rated PG | Length 108 minutes

Actors

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

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A pretty sinister film noir from Hitchcock that I’d never seen before, amazingly. Cotten plays a great nihilistic killer and there are some excellent scenes including a few shadowy staircase shots and the opening chase scene.

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