Movie Description
A favorite of Alfred Hitchcock himself, with an exceptional script by the playwright Thornton Wilder, SHADOW OF A DOUBT anticipates such family menace dramas as CAPE FEAR. Young Charlie Newton (Teresa Wright) lies on her bed in Santa Rosa, California, bored with her small-town life and family. Meanwhile, her namesake, Uncle Charlie, lies on another bed thousands of miles away in Philadelphia surrounded by discarded bills, deep in secret thoughts. The two are linked, psychic twins, and when Charlie goes to send for her uncle, she finds a telegram announcing his visit already waiting for her. Uncle Charlie brings happiness into the Newton home and a special pleasure to Mother. Yet Charlie feels a tension--as if her double, played with razor-thin menace by the mild-mannered Joseph Cotten, has brought violence into her home as well. Subtle clues add weight to Charlie's vague doubts. This growing knowledge shocks her out of the warm sense of safety that she held in her small world. However, her intuitive understanding is a long way from allowing the young niece to challenge her uncle, and the tense cat-and-mouse play between the two is powerfully dramatized, showing Hitchcock in his best form.
| Credits | | Writer: | Thornton Wilder | | Producer: | Jack H. Skirball | | Cast: | Clarence Muse, Patricia Collinge, Wallace Ford |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Making Of - 1. THE MAKING OF HITCHCOCK'S FAVORITE FILM
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Art
Stills/Photos - 1. Production Photos
Production Notes, Hitchcock cameo: Hitchcock can be seen on a train playing cards with a couple.
The character of Emma was based on Hitchcock's mother.
The original title of the film was UNCLE CHARLIE.
SHADOW OF A DOUBT was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1991.
Editorial Reviews
"[A] subversively nifty mix of familial normality and the decay underneath."
USA Today - Mike Clark (09/07/2004)
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