“The film where Hitchcock first discovered America. “Hitchcock is perverse enough to suggest that the murderer’s bitter clarity is in greater touch with life than is the feeble virtue of the town’s residents.” “Hitchcock's first indisputable masterpiece.” Hitchcocks cameo in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) occurs about 16 minutes into the film, where he appears playing cards on the train carrying Uncle Charlie to. With support from the Robert Jolin Osborne Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. LOUIS), and Hitchcock’s wife (and closest collaborator) Alma Reville.

Writer Thornton Wilder accompanied Hitchcock on a trip to the town in June 1942 so that they could incorporate local landmarks and buildings into the screenplay. Starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Henry Travers, Macdonald Carey, Patricia CollingeĪs wealthy widows keep disappearing, victims of the so-called “Merry Widow Murderer,” Joseph Cotten's lovable Uncle Charlie visits niece Teresa Wright in her average American town – a cozy family scene, until he’s heard whistling “The Merry Widow Waltz.” Often claimed as Hitchcock’s own favorite, this is perhaps his ultimate evocation of evil nesting among the mundane (and, along with PSYCHO, only one of two Hitchcocks with a villain as central character), with authentic Americana provided by screenwriters Thornton Wilder (OUR TOWN), Sally Benson (MEET ME IN ST. Shadow of a Doubt was mostly filmed on location in Santa Rosa, California, during August 1942.

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