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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)  link to Shadow of a Doubt on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 214

cover Shadow of a Doubt

IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (46200 votes)

Country: USA, 1h 48min

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller

Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: Teresa Wright (as Young Charlie), Joseph Cotten (as Uncle Charlie), Macdonald Carey (as Jack Graham), Henry Travers (as Joseph Newton), Hume Cronyn (as Herbie Hawkins)

Medium: Original DVD,

Storyline: Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much traveled uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delight when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies club as well as the bank president where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her dearly beloved uncle Charlie.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3