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Shadow of a Doubt

  • 1943
  • PG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
76K
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Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Trailer for the Hitchcock classic.
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Film NoirDramaMysteryThriller

A young woman suspects her visiting Uncle Charlie is the notorious "Merry Widow" serial killer.A young woman suspects her visiting Uncle Charlie is the notorious "Merry Widow" serial killer.A young woman suspects her visiting Uncle Charlie is the notorious "Merry Widow" serial killer.

  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Thornton Wilder
    • Sally Benson
    • Alma Reville
  • Stars
    • Teresa Wright
    • Joseph Cotten
    • Macdonald Carey
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    76K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Thornton Wilder
      • Sally Benson
      • Alma Reville
    • Stars
      • Teresa Wright
      • Joseph Cotten
      • Macdonald Carey
    • 351User reviews
    • 89Critic reviews
    • 94Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Top Cast42

    Teresa Wright
    Teresa Wright
    • Charlie Newton
    Joseph Cotten
    Joseph Cotten
    • Charlie Oakley
    Macdonald Carey
    Macdonald Carey
    • Jack Graham
    Henry Travers
    Henry Travers
    • Joseph Newton
    Patricia Collinge
    Patricia Collinge
    • Emma Newton
    Hume Cronyn
    Hume Cronyn
    • Herbie Hawkins
    Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    • Fred Saunders
    Edna May Wonacott
    • Ann Newton
    Charles Bates
    Charles Bates
    • Roger Newton
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Station Master
    Clarence Muse
    Clarence Muse
    • Pullman Porter
    Janet Shaw
    Janet Shaw
    • Louise Finch
    Estelle Jewell
    • Catherine
    Billie Keegan
    • Bookkeeper
    Jim Keegan
    • Bank Employee
    Bill Bates
    • Undetermined Role
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Black
    • Teenager
    • (uncredited)
    Harold Bostock
    • Bank Teller
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Thornton Wilder
      • Sally Benson
      • Alma Reville
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Alfred Hitchcock: On the train to Santa Rosa, California playing cards. He has the entire suit of spades in his hand, including the symbolic Ace. Being the director, he was "holding all the cards".
    • Goofs
      While Charlie watches the cab take her family to Uncle Charlie's speech, the shadows of crew members are visible against the bushes in the background.
    • Quotes
      • Uncle Charlie: The cities are full of women, middle-aged widows, husbands dead, husbands who've spent their lives making fortunes, working and working. And then they die and leave their money to their wives, their silly wives. And what do the wives do, these useless women? You see them in the hotels, the best hotels, every day by the thousands, drinking their money, eating their money, losing the money at bridge, playing all day and all night, smelling of money, proud of their jewelry but of nothing else, horrible, faded, fat, greedy women.
      • Young Charlie: But they're alive. They're human beings.
      • Uncle Charlie: Are they? Are they, Charlie? Are they human or are they fat, wheezing animals, hmm? And what happens to animals when they get too fat and too old?
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      The Merry Widow Waltz
      (1905) (uncredited)
      Music by Franz Lehár
      In the score throughout the movie

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 15, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La sombra de una duda
    • Filming locations
      • 904 McDonald Ave, Santa Rosa, California, USA(Newton house)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Box office

    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,897
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 48m(108 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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