Joseph Cotten, who I’ve liked in other films, seems to be mailing it in on this one. Teresa Wright positively shines in this movie, which was her first top-billing, and it makes me wonder why she didn’t become a bigger star. Amidst the noir thriller bits there’s a lot of comic family squabble and a romantic comedy as Charlie is wooed by one of the detectives (Macdonald Carey). Unlike Suspicion, the plot is never ambiguous about Uncle Charlie’s guilt, so its more of a story of what Charlie can discover and if she can avoid becoming a victim herself. It was nominated for an academy award for Best Story in 1943 and was selected in 1991 by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States national film Registry for being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'.
Over time Uncle Charlies strange behavior and the arrival of detectives makes Charlie suspect that her uncle is the Merry Widow Murderer. Critics and fans agree that Shadow of a Doubt is director Alfred Hitchcock’s finest film. There he is reunited with his teenage niece and namesake Charlie (Teresa Wright), who adores him. Shadow of a Doubt is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers.
While that might not be entirely the case (1935s The 39 S. Shadow of the Doubt answers the question “what if a noir thriller crashed in a family sitcom?” Joseph Cotten is Charles Oakley, a man on the run, who decides to lay low with the family of his sister, Ann Newton (Edna May Wonacott), in Santa Rosa, California. Presented by Cinema Classics, the screening on Saturday 5/7 is free for Hollywood Theatre/Movie Madness Members.In Alfred Hitchcocks tense psychological. This is often considered by cinephiles to be the first masterpiece Alfred Hitchcock ever directed.
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