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DVD : Shadow of a DoubtIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $19.98 Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal EAN: 0025192831324 Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 07, 2006 Running Time: 108 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: 1943 Sales Rank: 11765 MPN: MCAD28313D Related Items: Editorial Review: Product Description: A young woman thinks her uncle may be a serial killer. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/07/2006 Starring: Teresa Wright Charles Bates Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Alfred Hitchcock Amazon.com essential video: Alfred Hitchcock considered this 1943 thriller to be his personal favorite among his own films, and although it's not as popular as some of Hitchcock's later work, it's certainly worthy of the master's admiration. Scripted by playwright Thornton Wilder and inspired by the actual case of a 1920's serial killer known as "The Merry Widow Murderer," the movie sets a tone of menace and fear by introducing a psychotic killer into the small-town comforts of Santa Rosa, California. That's where young Charlie (Teresa Wright) lives with her parents and two younger siblings, and where murder is little more than a topic of morbid conversation for their mystery-buff neighbor (Hume Cronyn). Charlie was named after her favorite uncle, who has just arrived for an extended visit, and at first Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) gets along famously with his admiring niece. But the film's chilling prologue has already revealed Uncle Charlie's true identity as the notorious Merry Widow Murderer, and the suspense grows almost unbearable when young Charlie's trust gives way to gradual dread and suspicion. Through narrow escapes and a climactic scene aboard a speeding train, this witty thriller strips away the façade of small-town tranquility to reveal evil where it's least expected. And, of course, it's all done in pure Hitchcockian style. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Four out of Five stars for Hitchcock's "Shadow of a DoubtTeresa Wright and Joseph Cotten give good, solid performances in this Hitchcock thriller. Hitchcock evidently said this was his favorite movie: Charlie (Teresa Wright) plays a young woman who "hero worships" her namesake: Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten). Young Charlie feels her life in idyllic Santa Rosa, Ca. is boring/humdrum...she commiserates with her father - stating nothing ever happens to their family. She decides to send a telegram to her favorite Uncle asking him ... Read More Rating:  - The absolute BEST!!!Best Hitchcock film, best American movie, best satire, best thriller, best snapshot of small town Americana, best insight into the underside of everyday life, best existential American film. Breathtakingly written, breathtakingly photographed, breathtakingly acted, breathtakingly directed, breathtakingly brilliant. It never palls. A true Classic. Rating: - Liebermeister!One of the greatest movies of all time! Featured are two excellent, albeit, greatly underrated actors -- Joseph Cotton and Theresa Wright. The casting of the movie is spot-on, with every single role, even the very small parts, *perfectly* cast. Hitchcock is famous for having once said that actors are just so much cattle. I find that hard to believe -- not hard to beleive that he said but, rather, hard to believe he meant it. There are any number of actors ... Read More Rating: - Watch your StepHere is another black and white classic of suspense from the master of the genre Alfred Hitchcock. Take the multi-talented actor, Joseph Cotton, who plays the role here of a homicidal man who cannot control his impulses. And in fact has made something of a philosophy of life out of it. Take a naïve, if bright, niece played by Theresa Wright who finally stumbles on to his mysterious and fatal doings. Place them in middle class Santa Rosa California in the 1940's and surround them with a very conventional ... Read More Rating: - Lesser Known, Must SeeShadow of a Doubt is one of the best, most suspenseful releases in the Hitchcock canon. It's not as celebrated as other masterpieces such as Rear Window (Collector's Edition), Vertigo (Collector's Edition), and Psycho (Collector's Edition) but it is just as incredible. The movie features Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane) and Teresa Wright (The Best Years of Our Lives) as Charlie, an uncle and daughter sharing the same name. After Charlie comes to visit, the family finds out there's a ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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