Goofs for
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) More at IMDbPro »

• Crew or equipment visible: When young Charlie is reading the newspaper in the library, the camera casts a shadow on her back.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Continuity: When Uncle Charlie leaves his room, the two men outside follow him. A shot from above shows them with very short shadows, showing that is around noon. They separate for a short while and when they meet, their shadows are much longer, though not enough time has passed for it to be that much later.
  
  

• Continuity: Near the beginning of the movie, Ann answers the phone when the telegraph office calls. She delivers all her responses without pausing long enough to allow the caller to respond.
  
  
• Continuity: When Charlie examines the ring at the library, the manner the ring is held in the closeup is not the same as immediately before or after.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: While Charlie watches the cab take her family to Uncle Charlie's speech, the shadows of crew members are visible against the bushes in the background.
  
  
• Plot holes: When Young Charlie finds she's locked in the garage with the car's engine running, she might reasonably have gone back to the car and broken out through the door with the car driven in reverse.
  
  

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