The producers assigned scouts to find an appropriate house to serve as a setting for this movie in Santa Rosa, where this movie was to be shot on-location. The name “Charlie” is spoken approximately one hundred seventy times. He also considered Cary Grant but the role went to Joseph Cotten. Sir Alfred Hitchcock wanted William Powell to play Uncle Charlie, but MGM refused to lend the actor for this movie.

Theatrical movie debut of Hume Cronyn (Herbie Hawkins). Sir Alfred Hitchcock described the plot to her in a meeting, and she agreed to take on the part immediately. Teresa Wright did not read the script before agreeing to sign on for this movie. His idea, called “Uncle Charlie”, was based on the true story of Earle Leonard Nelson, a mass murderer of the 1920s known as “The Gorilla Man”. Selznick’s story department, Margaret McDonell, told Sir Alfred Hitchcock that her husband Gordon had an interesting idea for a novel that she thought would make a good movie. The project began when the head of David O. In a 1959 interview, Teresa Wright said that this was her favorite movie. He said that part of why he considered this to be his favorite movie was that he loved the idea of bringing menace to a small town. Sir Alfred Hitchcock often said that this was his favorite movie.

He has the entire suit of spades in his hand, including the symbolic Ace. Year Released: 1943 Our Favourite Trivia:ĭIRECTOR CAMEO: On the train to Santa Rosa, California playing cards. Starring: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn and Wallace Ford

Screenplay- Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville (Hitch’s wife)įrom the original story by Gordon McDonnell In this months episode of Presenting Hitchcock, Cory and Aaron unweave a wicked web as they discuss “Shadow of a Doubt”.Ī young woman discovers her visiting uncle may not be the man he seems to be.

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