Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

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Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Starring (View all)

Teresa Wright
Charlie Newton

Joseph Cotten
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

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Thornton Wilder
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Sally Benson
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14 years, 9 months ago at Jul 9 18:21

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Sublime. While it takes a while to get going, once the Macguffin is introduced in the guise of a myesterious ring, I was hooked. While at first I wasn't sure Joseph Cotten (who is an actor I greatly admire), was completely believable as the 'good Uncle Charlie', I came to realise that it doesn't really matter, it was never really the intention for him to start th... read more

A classic

8 years, 5 months ago at Nov 17 10:12

johanlefourbe

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I have always been a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock’s work and since this movie was his last classic I still haven’t watch yet, I was really eager to check it out. On top of that, it was apparently Hitchcock’s favorite movies so I was expecting a lot from the damned thing. Well, to be honest, I was rather amazed by how little I actually cared about this movie. I mean, sure, it was still a dece... read more

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4 years, 8 months ago at Aug 13 19:04

fernando

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(OK) One of the greatest and more complex Hitchs. Just the multilevel relationship between the Charlie´s , from love to death, and the amorality of excellent Cotten (is he the best of Hitch actors?) in a perfect little city is wonderful...

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Charlie Oackley is the "Merry Widow Murderer", an evil strangler who seduces and kills rich widows. In order to be safe from the police he is going to his sister Emma who lives with her husband, Joseph Newton and her daughter Charlie. A detective is on the killer's track and arrives at the Newton's too, but before he can discover the truth, one of the suspected murderers dies in an accident and the police considers the case solved. Charles seems to be safe, but Charlie suspects him.

Release date: 15 January 1943
UPC: 025192067228

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