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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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(10 articles)
Farber in the Forties
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $54
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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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One of his very best - I've loved it since I was a child!
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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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The name "Charlie" is spoken approximately 170 times.
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Crew or equipment visible: When young Charlie is reading the newspaper in the library, the camera casts a shadow on her back.
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Mrs. Poetter:
There's one good thing in being a widow, isn't there? You don't have to ask your husband for money.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
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Soundtrack:
The Merry Widow Waltz
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Any recommendations for other movies by Alfred Hitchcock?What was engraved on the emerald ring that Uncle Charlie gave to Charlie?
Why are there two characters named Charlie in the same movie?
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"Shadow of a Doubt" may only be listed as #181 on IMDb's "Top 250" list, but in my opinion it far outweighs some of the films higher up on that list and is one of Hitch's very best films.
Joseph Cotten plays Charlie, a crook on the run from the police. Left stranded and pursued, he decides to move in with his brother's family. His niece - who loves him and sees him as a sort of perfect role model - at first is excited that her Uncle Charlie is coming...but then things start to get strange. Charlie acts oddly and, at times, violent. She begins to become suspicious of her uncle as he becomes more suspicious of her own awareness.
The ending of "Shadow of a Doubt" is classic Hitchcock and some of the best stuff he's done. The entire film is taut and suspenseful, well-filmed and realistic. It manages to focus on family ties and the struggles within the family itself while it also juggles the whole theme of an outcast family member.
In the end, however, it's just a nail-biting thriller that - now over sixty years old - still reigns as one of the absolute best of its genre.