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16 August 1943 (Sweden) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(9 articles)
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Quiet, remarkable thriller more (178 total)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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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
108 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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)Fun Stuff
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"Shadow of a Doubt" was the script title but was listed as only a "temporary title" until a better title could be found. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When young Charlie is reading the newspaper in the library, the camera casts a shadow on her back. moreQuotes:
Young Charlie: He thought the world was a horrible place. He couldn't have been very happy, ever. He didn't trust people. Seemed to hate them. He hated the whole world. You know, he said people like us had no idea what the world was really like. moreSoundtrack:
The Merry Widow Waltz moreFAQ
What is the tune that Charlie can't get out of her head?How does the movie end?
What was engraved on the emerald ring that Uncle Charlie gave to Charlie?
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Top-drawer Hitchcock. It's got everything you'd expect from the director - although he's sparing with his usual tropes of tension-building. The story is strong enough without it.
From the start there's something different about this film, something that one only really encounters in Psycho. Following the ballroom titles (David Lynch cannot possibly have begun Mulholland Drive unaware of this tiny, recurring set piece) we meet the first protagonist Charlie (Joseph Cotten). He's in a state closer to that of Camus' disengaged fumeur Meursault than any other conventional leading man. The rest of the film pans out in this ambiguous way. Whomsoever Charlie meets or has to engage with, his manner is wretchedly bipolar - either violent or ebullient. His is the world-wearied end of the family that he goes to visit. This much steadier, morally ring-fenced world has it's own version of Uncle Charlie in the eldest daughter by the same name. Teresa Wright (a dead ringer for Ellen Page) has all his sensitivity but none of his front-line experience of life. The film charts her awakening.
A brilliant, adult and humorous film I found myself laughing out loud and close to tears - the unsullied joy of the family at the opening is disarmingly unaffected. It's also one of the most sexually electric films I've seen in a very long time. 8/10