![]() Shadow of a Doubt is one of a handful of occasions that Hitchcock told a story from the point of view of the killer. With a dead and wonderfully inhuman gaze, Uncle Charlie replies “Are they?” Niece Charlie interrupts “But they’re human beings!” He drops his ‘sweet uncle Charlie’ facade, and the family gets a look at his real face, that of the “Merry Widow Murderer!” He goes on a disturbing diatribe about the worthlessness of the widows of the big cities. My favorite scene (1:04 minutes into the film) in this often overlooked masterpiece is the second dinner table scene, where East Coast Serial Killer Uncle Charlie becomes a little too comfortable. ![]() The recipe for a perfect suspense film in small town America is: pictures by Hitchcock, words by Wilder and a pinch of humor from Sally Benson. (Great America Play write of Our Town Fame) & Why Shadow of a Doubt (1943)? Well, I have always enjoyed the film, and I feel it is appropriate for me as I am traveling from east to west coast just as Uncle Charlie does.
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