Shadow Of A Doubt
Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues a...
| Corporate Author: | Universal Pictures (Firm), Skirball Productions (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980., Skirball, Jack H., 1896-1985., Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975., Benson, Sally, 1900-1972., Reville, Alma., Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005., Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994., Carey, Macdonald., McDonell, Gordon., Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979., Collinge, Patricia, 1894-1974., Travers, Henry, 1874-1965., Cronyn, Hume., Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966., Boyle, Robert |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English Spanish French |
| Published: |
Universal City, CA :
Universal Pictures,
[2006]
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| Series: |
Alfred Hitchcock collection
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. From an original story by Gordon McDonell. Special features: "Beyond doubt": the making of Hitchcock's favorite film; productions drawings by art director Robert Boyle; production photographs. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, dual-layer. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Joseph Valentine ; art director, Robert Boyle ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; original music score, Dimitri Tiomkin. |
| ISBN: |
1417058927 9781417058921 |
| Author Notes: |
His first appeared on Broadway in Three Men on a Horse in 1934. His other Broadway credits include Room Service, Boy Meets Girl, The Fourposter, A Delicate Balance, and The Gin Game. He won a Tony Award in 1964 for his performance as Polonius in Hamlet. In 1994, Cronyn and Tandy won the first Tony Award for lifetime theatrical achievement. His screen debut was in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt in 1943. His other screen credits include Lifeboat, Brute Force, The Green Years, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included, To Dance with the White Dog, and Camilla. He also collaborated on the screenplays for Rope in 1948 and Under Capricorn in 1949. He was awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada for his services to drama in 1988. He wrote an autobiography in 1991 entitled A Terrible Liar: A Memoir. He died of prostate cancer on June 15, 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) |