Young Ann (Wonacott) is nosy, intelligent and is reading “Ivanhoe” while her father is reading dime store mysteries. Dad (Travers) and his buddy (Cronyn) get together each night and harmlessly discuss ways to murder people without getting caught.

The Characters: Though Charlie considers her family “average” they are actually pretty quirky. Most of the cast, receiving gifts from Uncle Charlie.

The terror of “Shadow of a Doubt” is more realistic and obtainable to the average person. Not many of us steal money from our boss and flee, are chased by an airplane or live in a town inhabited by crazed birds. It’s much different than most of his more famous films like “North by Northwest”, “Psycho” or “The Birds.” I feel like the danger of the characters in those films is a little far-fetched. I like almost all of them, particularly those from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s but “Shadow of a Doubt” is by far my favorite.

I’ve seen 40 of Alfred Hitchcock’s 57 films that he directed. The film stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotton, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn, Patricia Collinge, MacDonald Carey and Edna Mae Wonacott. However, her beloved uncle has a dark secret. She wants a miracle to come along-it does in the form of her namesake- Uncle Charlie Oakley. From LIFE: Stroboscopic multiple exposure of Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten talking and struggling as characters from Alfred Hitchcock's film 'Shadow of a Doubt.'īrief plot: Charlotte “Charlie” Newton is bored with her small town life and feels her family isn’t living to their full potential.

Cast shadow of a doubt