Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

01/15/1943 (US) • 1h 47m

Thriller, Mystery

What horror did her secret life hold… that made her dread this man of her dreams?

Overview

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Top Billed Cast

Teresa Wright

Young Charlie

Joseph Cotten

Uncle Charlie

Macdonald Carey

Jack Graham

Henry Travers

Joseph Newton

Hume Cronyn

Herbie Hawkins

Wallace Ford

Fred Saunders

Charles Bates

Roger Newton


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

small town

california

library

widow

bank

detective

telegram

housewife

film noir

incest overtones

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teenage girl

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murderer

police detective

privacy

visit

gender roles

brother sister 

wealthy widow

precocious child

misogynist

americana

uncle niece relationship

money in the bank

murder suspect

northern california

conflicting worldviews

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