Shadow of a Doubt

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Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 psychological thriller film often regarded as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s finest works, exploring dark secrets and suspense in a seemingly idyllic small town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
psychological thriller film
aspectRatio 1.37:1
basedOn original story by Gordon McDonell
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Joseph A. Valentine
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Alfred Hitchcock
distributedBy Universal Pictures
distributorCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Milton Carruth
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingLocation Santa Rosa
surface form: Santa Rosa, California
genre film noir
psychological thriller
hasCharacter Detective Jack Graham
Emma Newton
Herbie Hawkins
hasTheme corruption of innocence
duality of human nature
family secrets
includedIn National Film Registry
mainCharacter Charlie Newton
Uncle Charlie Oakley
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin
notableFor collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and writer Thornton Wilder
depiction of menace beneath small-town American life
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A young woman suspects her beloved uncle may be a serial killer hiding in her small town.
producer Jack H. Skirball
productionCompany Samuel Bischoff Productions
surface form: Skirball Productions
recognizedAs one of Alfred Hitchcock's finest films
registrySelectionYear 1991
releaseDate 1943-01-12
releaseYear 1943
runtimeMinutes 108
screenwriter Alma Reville
Sally Benson
Thornton Wilder
setting Santa Rosa
surface form: Santa Rosa, California
starring Henry Travers
Hume Cronyn
Joseph Cotten
Macdonald Carey
Patricia Collinge
Teresa Wright
storyBy Gordon McDonell
timePeriodDepicted World War II era

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Alfred Hitchcock notableWork Shadow of a Doubt
Alfred Hitchcock directed Shadow of a Doubt
Joseph Cotten notableWork Shadow of a Doubt
Hume Cronyn notableWork Shadow of a Doubt
Alma Reville workedOn Shadow of a Doubt
Sally Benson notableWork Shadow of a Doubt
Cotten notableWork Shadow of a Doubt
subject surface form: Joseph Cotten
Teresa Wright notableWork Shadow of a Doubt
Teresa Wright portrayedIn Shadow of a Doubt
Macdonald Carey performedIn Shadow of a Doubt
Alfred Hitchcock filmography hasPart Shadow of a Doubt
Robert F. Boyle notableWork Shadow of a Doubt
Wallace Ford notableWork Shadow of a Doubt