Shadow Of A Doubt
USA - 1943 - black and white
| Written by: Sally Benson Alma Reville Thornton Wilder Gordon McDonell Cinematography by: Production
design by: Costume
design by: Music by: Film editing by: Produced by: |
Cast Teresa Wright (Charlie Newton) Joseph Cotten (Charlie Oakley) Macdonald Carey (Jack Graham) Henry Travers (Joseph Newton) Patricia Collinge (Emma Newton) Hume Cronyn (Herbie Hawkins) Wallace Ford (Fred Saunders) Edna Mae Wonacott (Ann Newton) Charles Bates (Roger Newton) Irving Bacon (station master) Clarence Muse (railroad porter) Janet Shaw (Louise) Estelle Jewell (Catherine) |
| Charlie
Oackley is the "Merry Widow Murderer", an evil
strangler who seduces and kills rich widows. In order to be safe from the police he is going to his sister Emma who lives with her husband, Joseph Newton and her daughter Charlie. A detective is on the killer's track and arrives at the Newton's too, but before he can discover the truth, one of the suspected murderers dies in an accident and the police considers the case solved. Charles seems to be safe, but Charlie suspects him. Before leaving the railway station, the uncle tries to kill the girl but he falls onto the rail when the train arrives. Charles' crimes are discovered in the end . |
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