Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville. It stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn. This film is purported to be Hitchcock's personal favorite of all his movies.^[1] David Mamet in his book Bambi vs. Godzilla also names it Hitchcock's finest film. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Image:Thorntonwilderteeth. ... Image:Thorntonwilderteeth. ... Sally Benson (September 3, 1897 - July 19, 1972) was a St. ... Alma Reville (August 14, 1899 – July 6, 1982 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California) was an actress, assistant director and the wife of Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while working as an assistant director on one of his first films. ... Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, known professionally as Teresa Wright. ... Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905–February 6, 1994) was an American stage and screen actor. ... Macdonald Carey (born Edward Macdonald Carey, March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBCs soap opera Days of our Lives. ... Patricia Collinge (20 September 1892 - 10 April 1974) was an Irish actress. ... Henry Travers (March 5, 1874 – October 18, 1965), born Travers Heagerty, was a British-born actor. ... Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: , Dmitrij Zinovevič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... Lehár Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, mainly known for his operettas. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Shadow of a Doubt may refer to: Shadow of a Doubt, a 1943 Alfred Hitchcock film Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid), a song by Tom Petty from his 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes Shadow of a Doubt (sonic youth song), a song by Sonic Youth from their 1986... The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Image:Thorntonwilderteeth. ... Sally Benson (September 3, 1897 - July 19, 1972) was a St. ... Alma Reville (August 14, 1899 – July 6, 1982 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California) was an actress, assistant director and the wife of Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while working as an assistant director on one of his first films. ... Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, known professionally as Teresa Wright. ... Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905–February 6, 1994) was an American stage and screen actor. ... Macdonald Carey (born Edward Macdonald Carey, March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBCs soap opera Days of our Lives. ... Patricia Collinge (20 September 1892 - 10 April 1974) was an Irish actress. ... Henry Travers (March 5, 1874 – October 18, 1965), born Travers Heagerty, was a British-born actor. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. ...

Shadow of a Doubt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story, Gordon McDonell. In 1991, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ... Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894. ...

Plot summary

A bored young woman, a teenager, living in Santa Rosa, California, Charlotte "Charlie" Newton (Wright), is frustrated because nothing seems to be happening in her life and that of her family. Then, she receives wonderful news: her uncle (for whom she was named), Charlie Oakley (Cotten), her mother's brother, is arriving for a visit. Location in Sonoma County and the state of California Country State County Sonoma Area  - City 40. ...

Two men show up pretending to be photographers and journalists working on a national survey of the average American family. One of them speaks to Charlie privately, identifying himself as Detective Jack Graham (Macdonald Carey) and telling her that her uncle is one of two men who are suspected of being a serial killer known as the "Merry Widow Murderer". This murderer has a modus operandi of seducing, murdering and robbing wealthy widows. Macdonald Carey (born Edward Macdonald Carey, March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBCs soap opera Days of our Lives. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated form MO) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as mode of operation. ... For the business meaning, see Wealth (economics). ... A widow is a woman whose spouse has died. ...

Young Charlie at first refuses to even consider that her uncle could be this person, but she cannot help noticing him acting strangely on several occasions. Particularly chilling is a family dinner conversation during which Uncle Charlie reveals his hatred of rich widows, comparing them to fat animals who deserve to be killed.

Young Charlie's growing suspicion soon becomes apparent to her uncle. He confronts her and admits that he is indeed the man the police are after. He begs her for help; she reluctantly agrees not to say anything, as long as he leaves soon, to avoid a horrible scandal in the town that would destroy her family, especially her mother, who dearly loves and idolizes her younger brother.

Then news breaks that the second suspect was killed fleeing from the police, and is assumed to have been the guilty one. The detective Graham leaves. Uncle Charlie is satisfied at first, until he remembers that Young Charlie fully knows his secret. Soon, the young woman has a couple of near fatal accidents, falling down some very steep stairs, and being trapped in a closed garage with a car spewing exhaust fumes.

Uncle Charlie soon announces that he is leaving by train for San Francisco. As he departs, he forces young Charlie to stay on board, planning to murder her by pushing her off as soon as the train gets up to speed. Instead, in the ensuing struggle between them, she shoves him away from her and he falls into the path of an oncoming train. At his funeral Uncle Charlie is highly honored by the townspeople of Santa Rosa, who know nothing of his true identity. Jack has come back to comfort Charlie; she tells him she had withheld from him information about her uncle which would have confirmed him as the murderer, but Jack already knows and accepts that, realizing her difficult situation. They are a loving couple who both know too much about a horrible secret which will remain a secret. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Production Notes

Shadow of a Doubt was both filmed and set in Santa Rosa, California, which was portrayed as a paragon of a supposedly peaceful, small, pre-War American city. Since Thornton Wilder wrote the original script, the story is set in a small American town, a popular setting of Wilder, but with an added Hitchcock touch to it. In Patrick McGilligan's biography of Hitchcock he said the film was perhaps the most American film that Hitchcock had made up to that time. Location in Sonoma County and the state of California Country State County Sonoma Area  - City 40. ... Gari Melchers, Mural of Peace, 1896. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The opening scenes take place in the Central Ward of Newark, New Jersey. The city skyline and landmarks such as the Pulaski Skyway are featured in the opening shot. The following is a list of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Broadway Dayton Downtown Central Ward Clinton Hill Fairmount Forest Hill The Ironbound Ivy Hill Roseville Seventh Avenue Springfield/Belmont University Heights Vailsburg Weequahic West Side Categories: Newark, New Jersey neighborhoods ... Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: , Country State County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - Total 26. ... For other uses, see Skyline (disambiguation). ... Taj Mahal Big Ben Saint Basils Cathedral Azadi Square in Tehran For other senses of this word, see landmark (disambiguation). ... A map of the Skyway An aerial view of the Skyway. ...

Charlie's family home is on McDonald Avenue in Santa Rosa, California. McDonald Avenue, is named for the McDonald Mansion situated on several acres on the street. The McDonald Mansion was later used by Walt Disney for the movie Pollyanna. The stone train station in the film was built in 1904 and is one of the few commercial buildings in downtown Santa Rosa to survive the earthquake of April 18, 1906. Built for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, it is currently a visitor center. Some of the buildings in downtown Santa Rosa that are seen in the film were damaged or destroyed by earthquakes in 1969; much of the area was cleared of debris and largely rebuilt. The library was a Carnegie Library which was demolished as a result of the 1969 earthquakes after which it was considered structurally unsafe. Some of the hand carved stones from the demolished library make up a small stone fence encircling the Comstock Mansion on Mendocino Avenue. The old City Hall, located in the center of town, was built of marble and also demolished after the earthquakes because it was also thought to be structurally unsafe. When it was demolished, the demolition company that contracted the job went bankrupt trying to knock the building down. For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... For the album by rock band Northstar, see Pollyanna (album). ... This article is about the geological substance. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) was a regional railroad serving the Redwood Empire of Northern California. ... A Carnegie library, opened in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, designed in Spanish Colonial style Carnegie libraries for both public use and academic institutions were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie, earning him the nickname, the Patron Saint of Libraries. ...

Although the film was scored by Dimitri Tiomkin, in his first collaboration with Hitchcock, the famous Merry Widow Waltz of Franz Lehár is heard repeatedly, very often in somewhat distorted form, as a leitmotif for Uncle Charlie and his serial murders. During the opening credits it is heard along with images of people waltzing. Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: , Dmitrij Zinovevič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... For the ballet, see The Merry Widow (ballet). ... Lehár Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, mainly known for his operettas. ... A leitmotif (pronounced ) (also leitmotiv; lit. ... For other uses, see Waltz (disambiguation). ...

Remakes

The film was adapted for Cecil B. DeMille's Lux Radio Theater aired on January 3, 1944 with its original leading actress and William Powell as Uncle Charlie. (Patrick McGilligan said Hitchcock had originally wanted Powell to play Uncle Charlie, but MGM refused to lend the actor for the film.) In 1950, Shadow of a Doubt was featured as a radio-play on Screen Directors Playhouse. It starred Cary Grant as Uncle Charlie and Betsy Drake as the younger Charlie.^[2] Joseph Cotten reprised the role on radio in the Academy Award Theatre production of Shadow of a Doubt which aired Sept. 11, 1946. ^[3] The claim is made (under the heading Personal Life) that DeMille was in negotiations with MGM to direct Ben-Hur at the time of his death in January, 1959. ... Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1954); NBC (1954-1955)) adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Radio drama, which had its greatest popularity in the U. S. and in most other countries before the widespread access to television programming, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye--in this sense, it resembles reading... This article is about the actor. ... Betsy Drake (b. ...

The film was remade as Step Down to Terror (1958). In film, a remake is a newer version of a previously released film or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ...

Cast

• Teresa Wright as Charlotte "Charlie" Newton
• Joseph Cotten as Charles Oakley
• Henry Travers as Joseph Newton, Charlotte's father, who loves to read crime stories
• Patricia Collinge as Emma Newton, Charlotte's mother and Charles' sister
• Macdonald Carey as Detective Jack Graham
• Wallace Ford as Detective Fred Saunders
• Hume Cronyn as Herbie Hawkins, a neighbor who like Charlie's father is also a crime fiction buff. He appears periodically and discusses ideas for the perfect murder with his friend Joseph Newton

• Alfred Hitchcock cameo: Hitchcock appears about 15 minutes into the film, on the train to Santa Rosa, playing cards with a man and a woman. He seems surprised to see that he has somehow been dealt a full suite of spades, a complete royal flush. This scene appears to be a humorous reference to the fact that the director is the one who "holds all the cards", including in this case the ace of spades, which is traditionally regarded as "the death card".

Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, known professionally as Teresa Wright. ... Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905–February 6, 1994) was an American stage and screen actor. ... Henry Travers (March 5, 1874 – October 18, 1965), born Travers Heagerty, was a British-born actor. ... Patricia Collinge (20 September 1892 - 10 April 1974) was an Irish actress. ... Macdonald Carey (born Edward Macdonald Carey, March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBCs soap opera Days of our Lives. ... Ford as Det. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of Alfred Hitchcock cameo appearances. ... A royal flush of hearts A royal flush is a poker hand containing an ace, king, queen, jack, and a 10 of the same suit (for example A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠). Because it is both a straight (having five cards in sequential rank) and a flush (having five cards... An Ace of Spades playing card. ...

References

1. ^ Dirks, Tim. Shadow of a Doubt (1943). filmsite.org.
2. ^ Other Cary Grant Radio Appearances. carygrantradio.com.
3. ^ Old Time Radio (OTR) Drama and Adventure.

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