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Release Date:
16 August 1943 (Sweden)
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Tagline:
A Blast of DRAMATIC Dynamite exploded right before your eyes!
Plot:
A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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1 nomination
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Farber in the Forties
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
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(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $54
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Uncle Hitch
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Teresa Wright | ... | Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Uncle Charlie Oakley | |
| Macdonald Carey | ... | Jack Graham | |
| Henry Travers | ... | Joseph Newton | |
| Patricia Collinge | ... | Emma Newton | |
| Hume Cronyn | ... | Herbie Hawkins | |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Fred Saunders | |
| Edna May Wonacott | ... | Ann Newton | |
| Charles Bates | ... | Roger Newton | |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Station Master | |
| Clarence Muse | ... | Pullman Porter | |
| Janet Shaw | ... | Waitress Louise Finch | |
| Estelle Jewell | ... | Catherine |
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Shadow of Doubt (USA) (poster title)
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108 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Spain:13 |
South Korea:15 (2004) |
Brazil:14 |
USA:PG (re-rating) (1984) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:PG |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Germany:16 |
Ireland:PG |
Peru:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #9011) (original rating) |
UK:A (original rating)
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Patricia Collinge, who plays Emma Newton in the film, wrote the garage scene between Charlie (Teresa Wright) and Jack (Macdonald Carey).
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Continuity: In the beginning of the film, when the landlady enters Uncle Charlie's room, he is lying on the bed with his hands crossed on his belly holding a cigar. For a moment he appears with his hands and the cigar on his chest.
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Quotes:
Joseph Newton:
We're not talking about killing people. Herb's talking about killing me and I'm talking about killing him.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
The Merry Widow Waltz
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How does the movie end?Is Uncle Charlie really the Merry Widow Murderer?
Is it true that Shadow of a Doubt was patterned after Dracula?
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Uncle Charlie did it for me. I mistrusted the uncle thing as a term of endearment ever since. Joseph Cotten is the perfect charming monster. Uncle Charlie's urbanity becomes his most frightening feature. So plausible. So real. Thornton Wilder was Hitchcock's partner in crime this time and it shows. The structure is Our Townish, the characters, deliciously rich. Patricia Collinge's performance is so spot on that you're longing for more. The scenes between Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn are how I imagine the story meetings between Thornton Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock. Teresa Wright's eyes tell the whole story from the audience's point of view, even if the audience is one step ahead of her. Brilliant, because in Joseph Cotten's eyes we find his need for redemption or are we falling in the trap of this master manipulator? We are torn, just like Teresa Wright. I've seen "Shadow of a Doubt" 3 or 4 times but every time you're forced to take the trip with the same amount of commitment. I've been toying with the thought of a remake, I've been doing this lately, although I hate the idea of remakes of great movies, this one is one of those that in the right hands could have a real impact. Using Thornton Wilder's original script as the Bible, Steven Sodebergh could do scrumptious remake for the new millennium. Tim Robbins as uncle Charlie, can you imagine? Natalie Portman as his niece. Joan Cusak and William H Macy as her parents. Wouldn't you go to see that?