Rating: PG
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 02/07/2006
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DDM2.0
Run Time: 108 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Teresa Wright plays Charlie, a small-town high-schooler who enjoys a symbiotic relationship with her favorite uncle, also named Charlie (
Joseph Cotten). When young Charlie "wills" that old Charlie pay a visit to her family, her wish comes true. Uncle Charlie is his usual charming self, but he seems a bit secretive and reserved at times. Too, his manner of speaking is curiously unsettling, especially when he brings up the subject of rich widows, whom he characterizes as "swine." When a pair of detectives (
MacDonald Carey and
Wallace Ford), posing as magazine writers, arrive in town and begin asking questions about Uncle Charlie, young Charlie's curiosity is aroused. Why, for example, has Uncle Charlie torn an article out of the evening newspaper? Rushing to the library, Young Charlie locates the missing item: the headline screams WHO IS THE MERRY WIDOW MURDERER? As the horrified Charlie reads on, the conclusion is inescapable: her beloved Uncle Charlie is a mass murderer, preying upon wealthy old women. And what happens next?
Thornton Wilder,
Sally Benson, and
Alma Reville (Mrs. Hitchcock) based their screenplay on a story by
Gordon McDowell, who in turn was inspired by real-life "Merry Widow Murderer" Earle Leonard Nelson. The casting, from stars to bit players, is impeccable; the best of the batch is
Hume Cronyn, making his film debut as a wimpy murder-mystery aficionado. Lensed on location in Santa Rosa, California,
The Shadow of a Doubt was
Alfred Hitchcock's favorite film.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Hitchcock's Most Suspenseful Psychological Thriller.
One of Alfred Hitchcock's most riveting psychological thrillers is based on a story by Gordon McDonell. Academy Award winner Teresa Wright stars as a young woman, who starts suspecting her charming uncle (Joseph Cotten) is a fugitive killer called the Mery Widow murderer, and as she gets closer to the truth, the psychopathic killer plans to kill her. Also starring MacDonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Wallace Ford, Hume Cronyn, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates, Janet Shaw, Estelle Jewell, and Irving Bacon.
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