Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Shadow of Doubt 1943


     
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)     Uncle Charlie is very charming but he has hidden secrets, he makes a trip from the East Coast to Santa Rosa CA for a visit with his sister and her family.  She has a daughter also named Charlie, another daughter and a son.  Two detectives follow Uncle Charlie and they suspect him along with another man on the East Coast of being the “Merry Widow Murderer.Wealthy widows have been murdered by one of these men.
     This is very good and interesting to see the cars and the towns of 1943.  There was an actual Merry Widow Murder, Earle Leonard Nelson.  The screenplay was based on a story by Gordon McDowell and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville (Mrs. Hitchcock).  The setting for this film is Santa Rosa CA.  4* ( I really liked this movie)

68 min, Mystery directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Joseph Cotton, Teresa Wright, MacDonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Edna May Wonacott.

Note:  Blockbuster 4*, imdb 8.1 out of 10, 100% critic 89% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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