Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Genre
Thriller
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
Sally Benson
Gordon McDonell (story)
Alma Reville
Thornton Wilder
Composer
Dmitri Tiomkin
Director of Photography
Joseph A. Valentine

Review
Perceptive Americana intertwined with story of young girl who slowly comes to realize her beloved Uncle Charley is really the Merry Widow murderer; Cronyn steals film as nosy pulp-story fan. Scripted by Thornton Wilder, Alma Reville, and Sally Benson from Gordon McDonnell's story. Remade in 1958 (as Step Down to Terror) and for TV in 1991.

Trivia
It was remade as "Step Down to Terror" in 1958 and as a TV movie in 1991.

Cameo

Hitchcock makes his cameo appearance on the train to Santa Rosa playing cards. He has the entire suit of spades in his hand, including the symbolic ace.
Irving Bacon
 Station Master
Charles Bates
 Roger Newton
Virginia Brissac
 Mrs. Phillips
Macdonald Carey
 Jack Graham
Frances Carson
 Mrs. Poetter
Patricia Collinge
 Emma Newton
Joseph Cotton
 Charlie Oakley
Hume Cronyn
 Herbie Hawkins
Earle S. Dewey
 Mr. Norton
Sarah Edwards
 Doctor's wife on Train
Edward Fielding
 Doctor on Train
Wallace Ford
 Fred Saunders
Vaughn Glaser
 Dr. Phillips
Estelle Jewell
 Girlfriend
Ruth Lee
 Mrs. MacCurdy
Eily Malyon
 Librarian
John McGuire
 Detective
Shirley Mills
 Young Girl
Clarence Muse
 Railroad Porter
Constance Purdy
 Mrs. Martin
Isabel Randolph
 Mrs. Green
Grandon Rhodes
 Reverand MacCurdy
Janet Shaw
 Louise
Byron Shores
 Detective
Edwin Stanley
 Mr. Green
Henry Travers
 Joseph Newton
Minerva Urecal
 Mrs. Henderson
Edna Mae Wonacott
 Ann Newton
Teresa Wright
 Young Charlie

 


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