Shadow of a Doubt is a great thriller from 1943, directed by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Young Charlie Newton is excited at the pending arrival of her Uncle Charlie. Bored with her humdrum life, she is thrilled at the prospect of learning about the adventurous life he seems to lead.
Soon though, she has reasons to doubt her uncle, and once the doubt creeps in all it can do is grow. She gets more adventure than she ever bargained for!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is one of Hitchcock's films that I just can watch again and again.
The performances by the cast are wonderful, led by Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten (I have come to love this guy, such a great actor), Patricia Collinge and Henry Travers (Clarence the angel from "It's a Wonderful Life"). And also a young Hume Cronyn as a neighbor and friend. Just an awesome cast in a superb film!
This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing. Well deserved!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here is a trailer for the reissue of the film:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Theme Thursday - SHADOW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well there's another one that needs to go on my list of films to watch. Thanks for the introduction to classic films
ReplyDeleteI'll have to watch it!
ReplyDeleteWell, you've peaked my interest...
ReplyDeletelove hitchcock...have to watch that one again...
ReplyDeleteWings, great pick! And spot on :)
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I have not yet seen that one.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the introduction. I have never seen this either! Guess there are just so many Hitchcock's to choose from.
ReplyDeleteI love early Hitchcock, but have never seen this movie. I will rectify that straight away.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite Hitchcock films (and I have many) is "The Lady Vanishes".
Kat
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Cotten does a brilliant job in this uncharacteristically sinister role.
ReplyDeleteLove Hitchcock. Don't think I've seen this one. Speaking of shadows, his TV show always started with an unmistakeable shadow!
ReplyDeleteI love Hitchcock but I've never seen that one. I'll have to remedy that soon.
ReplyDeleteGood call. Don't you find it mind boggling that Hitchcock never one a best director academy?
ReplyDeleteOne of the best things about University was film studies class where they showed all these great movies you wouldn't necessarily know about if you weren't a film expert. I still went to those free theatre labs years after taking the classes. I have seen things from the earliest Lumiere Brothers to Classic Chaplan, DW Griffith and everything classic from the start of sound to today. This post brought back those great memories.
ReplyDeleteOh, I've never seen this one. I'll have to put that in NetFlix queue.
ReplyDeleteCal-what University did you go to that offers film labs? That's so cool! My kid brother will so be into that. He wants to major in film.
A few years back, The Mister and I had a Hitchcock film fest and watched quite a few on Friday nights for several weeks. We missed this one...and I've never heard of it! Must look it up!
ReplyDeleteThought i'd seen all of Alfred's pictures...not his one though! Weird. Joseph Cotton is good...he's one of those guys that turn up all over the place... even Citizen Kane.
ReplyDeleteIsn't this a great one? I love Joseph Cotten as well. It's usually on during 31 Days of Oscar and I never miss it if I can help it!
ReplyDeleteI've never even heard of it! Love how they totally obliterate every scene with massive credits over the top! Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Cotten does rock, doesn't he?
ReplyDeleteI'd better be safe here... everyone's yelling at me on all the other blogs.
Ms Wright looks rather nervous there...
ReplyDeletei haven't seen this one. may have to add it to my netflix list.
ReplyDeleteYou gotta love Alfred! So many Great films he did!!
ReplyDeletexoxo
Hey. Thanks for this. I've been trying to remember the name of this movie for weeks and all I could come up with was A Touch of Evil which I know is wrong. SHADOW. OF. A. DOUBT. There, that should be firmly implanted now.
ReplyDelete