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Shadow of a doubt [videorecording] / a Universal picture ; Skirball Productions ; screenplay, Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville ; produced by Jack H. Skirball ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Bacon, Irving, 1893-1965 (actor). Bates, Charles, 1934- (actor). Benson, Sally, 1900-1972 (screenwriter). Carey, Macdonald. (actor). Carruth, Milton. (film editor). Collinge, Patricia, 1894-1974 (actor). Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 (actor). Cronyn, Hume. (actor). Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966 (actor). Gausman, R. A. (Russell A.), 1892- (set designer). Goodman, John B. (John Bartlett), 1901-1991 (artistic director). Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (director). Jewell, Estelle. (actor). McDonell, Gordon. Shadow of a doubt. (Added Author). Muse, Clarence. (actor). Previn, Charles, 1888-1973 (conductor). Reville, Alma. (screenwriter). Shaw, Janet, 1919-2001 (actor). Skirball, Jack H., 1896-1985 (producer). Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979 (composer). Travers, Henry, 1874-1965 (actor). Valentine, J. A. (Joseph A.) (cinematographer). West, Vera. (costume designer). Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 (screenwriter). Wonacott, Edna May. (actor). Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005 (actor). Skirball Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Universal Pictures Company. (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates, Irving Bacon, Clarence Muse, Janet Shaw, Estelle Jewell. (Cast).

Summary:

Uncle Charlie is a seemingly charming man visiting his relatives in their small and peaceful hometown. But when his namesake niece, "Young Charlie" suspects that he may in fact be the psychopathic Merry Widow killer, Uncle Charlie must plot the death of his favorite relation in order to remain one step ahead of the law in this murderous game of cat-and-mouse.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Universal City, Calif.] : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Also issued as part of Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection.
Based on the story by Gordon McDonell.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
Special features: "Beyond doubt: the making of Hitchcock's favorite film" featurette (35 min.); Production drawings by art director Robert Boyle; Production photographs, Theatrical trailer; Production notes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Joseph Valentine ; original musical score, Dmitri Tiomkin ; art director, John B. Goodman ; director of sound, Bernard B. Brown ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; musical director, Charles Previn ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; assistant director, William Tummel ; costumes, Vera West.
Participant or Performer Note:
Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates, Irving Bacon, Clarence Muse, Janet Shaw, Estelle Jewell.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.
Language Note:
In English or dubbed Spanish with optional English SDH or French subtitles.

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Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
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