![]() Seeking to elude detectives, Joseph Cotten journeys to the small-town home of Patricia Collinge, his sister, whose family, particularly Teresa Wright, her daughter, was extremely fond of him his presence made them very happy. The action settles down to a battle of wits in which the uncle seeks to kill his niece to save himself, and the niece seeks to get him out of town lest her family, too, become disillusioned. Directing with his well-known flare for suspense, Alfred Hitchcock has made the most of the story, which deals with the adoration of a young small-town girl for her ingratiating big-city uncle, and the disintegration of this adoration when a web of circumstances slowly reveal to her that he is a maniacal killer wanted by the police. ![]() From the moment the picture starts until the very end, one remains engrossed in the proceedings, because of the mystifying plot and the interesting developments. "Shadow of a Doubt" with Teresa Wright and Joseph CottenĪ very good mystery drama. ![]() Skirball, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Sally Benson, Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Teresa Wright, Thornton Wilder, Universal Studios, Wallace Ford keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Edna May Wonacott, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn, Jack H.journal: Harrison's Reports (16/Jan/1943).
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