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Shadow of a Doubt

A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Year

Genre

film-noir, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures,Skirball Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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Charlie Newton

Charlie Oakley

Jack Graham

Macdonald Carey

Joseph Newton

Emma Newton

Patricia Collinge

Herbie Hawkins

Fred Saunders

Ann Newton

Edna May Wonacott

Roger Newton

Station Master

Pullman Porter

Louise Finch

Catherine

Undetermined Role

Mrs. Phillips

Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Potter

Mr. Norton

Doctor's Wife on Train

Doctor on Train

Edward Fielding

Undetermined Role

Karen X. Gaylord

Dr. Phillips

Man on Train Playing Cards

Alfred Hitchcock

Ballroom Dancer

Mrs. MacCurdy

Mrs. Cochran

Detective

Teen at Crosswalk

Shirley

Mrs. Martin

Constance Purdy

Santa Rosa Teenager

Margaret Green

Isabel Randolph

Rev. MacCurdy

Detective

Mr. Green

Mrs. Henderson

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Charlie Newton Joseph Newton Ann Newton Mrs. Henderson Herbie Hawkins Mrs. Poetter Emma Newton Jack Graham Mr. Green Young Charlie Newton Fred Saunders

The ones that say they don't want anything always get more in the end - Shadow of a Doubt

The ones that say they don't want anything always get...

We're not talking about killing people - Shadow of a Doubt

We're not talking about killing people

We're not just an uncle and a niece - Shadow of a Doubt

We're not just an uncle and a niece

The cities are full of women - Shadow of a Doubt

The cities are full of women

Ann!
Ann, answer the telephone. - Shadow of a Doubt

Ann! Ann, answer the telephone.

Hello, Ann.
Where's your mother? - Shadow of a Doubt

Hello, Ann. Where's your mother?

Isn't that
the funniest thing? - Shadow of a Doubt

Isn't that the funniest thing?

We just sort of go along and nothing happens - Shadow of a Doubt

We just sort of go along and nothing happens

Yes Poor Mother She works like a dog - Shadow of a Doubt

Yes Poor Mother She works like a dog

Oh I don't believe in good intentions anymore - Shadow of a Doubt

Oh I don't believe in good intentions anymore

Mrs Henderson didn't read the telegram - Shadow of a Doubt

Mrs Henderson didn't read the telegram

You'd think Mama had never seen a phone - Shadow of a Doubt

You'd think Mama had never seen a phone

Do you believe in telepathy - Shadow of a Doubt

Do you believe in telepathy

Here we are.
Come on, children. - Shadow of a Doubt

Here we are. Come on, children.

Don't put the hat on the bed - Shadow of a Doubt

Don't put the hat on the bed

Everybody was sweet and pretty then Charlie - Shadow of a Doubt

Everybody was sweet and pretty then Charlie

Oh I don't want anything Right now I have enough - Shadow of a Doubt

Oh I don't want anything Right now I have enough

If you ask me I think she's putting on like girls in books - Shadow of a Doubt

If you ask me I think she's putting on like girls in...

Because we're not just an uncle and a niece It's something else - Shadow of a Doubt

Because we're not just an uncle and a niece It's...

Thank you. - Shadow of a Doubt

Where's your planning Where's your clues - Shadow of a Doubt

Where's your planning Where's your clues

If I was gonna kill you - Shadow of a Doubt

If I was gonna kill you

Uncle Charlie I know a secret about you you don't think I know - Shadow of a Doubt

Uncle Charlie I know a secret about you you don't think...

A telegram - Shadow of a Doubt

You better go to sleep baby - Shadow of a Doubt

You better go to sleep baby

God bless Mama - Shadow of a Doubt

I can't face the world in the morning - Shadow of a Doubt

I can't face the world in the morning

Emmy women are fools They'd fall for anything - Shadow of a Doubt

Emmy women are fools They'd fall for anything

Your mother's been telling me about the Newtons - Shadow of a Doubt

Your mother's been telling me about the Newtons

What's the use of looking ahead - Shadow of a Doubt

What's the use of looking ahead

Good morning, Charlie.
Hello, Madge. - Shadow of a Doubt

Good morning, Charlie. Hello, Madge.

Did you see the way
they looked at you? - Shadow of a Doubt

Did you see the way they looked at you?

There's Papa in that
window over there. - Shadow of a Doubt

There's Papa in that window over there.

Uncle Charlie - Shadow of a Doubt

Not to him - Shadow of a Doubt

I got in the habit of carrying a lot of cash with me when I was traveling - Shadow of a Doubt

I got in the habit of carrying a lot of cash with me when I...

There's one good thing in being a widow - Shadow of a Doubt

There's one good thing in being a widow

Those must be
the questionnaire men. - Shadow of a Doubt

Those must be the questionnaire men.

What does he do - Shadow of a Doubt

What does he do

You know your picking us as an average family - Shadow of a Doubt

You know your picking us as an average family

Good-bye, then,
Mrs. Newton.
Good-bye. - Shadow of a Doubt

Good-bye, then, Mrs. Newton. Good-bye.

Hello, Charlie. - Shadow of a Doubt

Hello, Charlie.

When you've done nothing but lie - Shadow of a Doubt

When you've done nothing but lie

How much do you know about your uncle - Shadow of a Doubt

How much do you know about your uncle

And you're going to keep your mouth shut - Shadow of a Doubt

And you're going to keep your mouth shut

Good night, Charlie. - Shadow of a Doubt

Good night, Charlie.

What time does the library close - Shadow of a Doubt

What time does the library close

Just a moment, Charlie.
What do you think
I am out here for? - Shadow of a Doubt

Just a moment, Charlie. What do you think I am out here for?

Oh! Miss Corcoran,
please let me in! - Shadow of a Doubt

Oh! Miss Corcoran, please let me in!

Can't be
anything really awful. - Shadow of a Doubt

Can't be anything really awful.

Hello.
Where's Charlie? - Shadow of a Doubt

Hello. Where's Charlie?

Charlie still asleep? - Shadow of a Doubt

Charlie still asleep?

Don't whisper - Shadow of a Doubt

Wine for dinner Sounds so gay - Shadow of a Doubt

Wine for dinner Sounds so gay

Charles remember the time they had the champagne - Shadow of a Doubt

Charles remember the time they had the champagne

The cities are full of women middle aged widows husbands dead - Shadow of a Doubt

The cities are full of women middle aged widows husbands...

Well for heaven's sake - Shadow of a Doubt

Well for heaven's sake

What's the matter with you two - Shadow of a Doubt

What's the matter with you two

I want to talk to you. - Shadow of a Doubt

I want to talk to you.

Oh, Charlie, now,
don't start
imagining things. - Shadow of a Doubt

Oh, Charlie, now, don't start imagining things.

What do you know - Shadow of a Doubt

What do you know

East, west, home's best.
Where's Charlie? - Shadow of a Doubt

East, west, home's best. Where's Charlie?

Hello.
Hello. Hello, Catherine. - Shadow of a Doubt

Hello. Hello. Hello, Catherine.

Step on a crack - Shadow of a Doubt

Step on a crack

Oh we play a game I ask questions - Shadow of a Doubt

Oh we play a game I ask questions

I never make up anything - Shadow of a Doubt

I never make up anything

I wish I'd been born in the South - Shadow of a Doubt

I wish I'd been born in the South

How was church - Shadow of a Doubt

He ran plunk right into the propeller of an airplane - Shadow of a Doubt

He ran plunk right into the propeller of an airplane

Charlie, I have
great news for you. - Shadow of a Doubt

Charlie, I have great news for you.

Don't you remember - Shadow of a Doubt

Don't you remember

No Ann wants to marry a librarian She told me - Shadow of a Doubt

No Ann wants to marry a librarian She told me

I like it when you laugh - Shadow of a Doubt

I like it when you laugh

Bye.
Good-bye. - Shadow of a Doubt

Anything else?
I've got butter,
fruit, green thread, - Shadow of a Doubt

Anything else? I've got butter, fruit, green thread,

Mother! - Shadow of a Doubt

I'm warning you - Shadow of a Doubt

I'm warning you

Herb, will you take Roger?
Ann, you come with us. - Shadow of a Doubt

Herb, will you take Roger? Ann, you come with us.

Mr. Graham
isn't there? - Shadow of a Doubt

Mr. Graham isn't there?

Better get aboard,
Charles. - Shadow of a Doubt

Better get aboard, Charles.

Not yet, Charlie.
Let it get
a little faster. - Shadow of a Doubt

Not yet, Charlie. Let it get a little faster.

He thought the world was a horrible place - Shadow of a Doubt

He thought the world was a horrible place

Like your Uncle Charlie - Shadow of a Doubt

Like your Uncle Charlie

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A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.

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Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville

Production: Universal Pictures,Skirball Productions

Genre: film-noir, thriller

Year: 1943

MetaScore: 94/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 15 Jan 1943

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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