Shadow Of A Doubt

Starring: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Hume Cronyn, et al.

Product Description

A girl thinks her visiting uncle is the strangler dubbed the Merry Widow Murderer.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 025192831324
• Release Date: January 2006
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Universal Studios
• Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• Starring: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Hume Cronyn, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Edna May Wonacott, Wallace Ford, Irving Bacon, Charles Bates
• Runtime: 1 hour, 48 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Black & White; Dolby; Dubbed; Full Screen; Original recording remastered; Subtitled; NTSC
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

"Charlie, think. How much do you know about your uncle?"

Being directed by H-i-t-c-h-c-o-c-k, people tend to overlook that the story was writing credits Thornton Niven Wilder, who wrote "Our Town" three years earlier. Teresa Wright, one year earlier, was in "Mrs. Miniver." This film is creepy from the beginning as Charlie (Joseph Cotton) goes to his hometown to avoid two mysterious men following him. Who are they and what do they want from him? Meanwhile, back home, things are just downright monotonous. Little Charlie (Teresa Wright) plans to send a telegram to Uncle Charlie to come and brighten up the place. She realizes she possesses telepathy when Uncle Charlie's telegram reaches her first. When Uncle Charlie arrives, he brings secrets, and the two mysterious men show up as magazine men doing a survey. Little Charlie must find the secrets and why the men are there. Each scene and secret reveals a more sinister environment. It just gets creepier. The film and camera angles are exceptional. The dialogue helps build up the tension. Yet on the VHS copy (I know you are thinking VH-What), I cannot help but think that some scenes were cut or something to that effect. One-minute Little Charlie is walking happily with her quasi date. The next moment, she apologizes for being deceived as he reveals his purpose. I wonder how many more scenes were cut or condensed. However, you will want to keep a copy of this classic.