Shadow of a Doubt(1943)- User Reviews

Shadow of a Doubt has the benefit of Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright, so why is it so dull? Wright won the Best Actress award by the National Board of Review for her role. Just one year earlier she had shined in "Pride of the Yankees" and shortly …more»

I've never seen James Cotton before in such a nasty, hideous role but he sure was hecka good at it in this one! I couldn't make out whether James Cotton was protagonist or antagonist in Citizen Cane because the much revered "greatest movie …more»

When people think of the great Hitchcock films, they invariably choose many of the films from the 50s to the mid 60s. Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, The Birds, Psycho, To Catch a Thief, and for some unknown reason, Vertigo. But …more»

I started watching Hitchcocks where most start--with TO CATCH A THIEF, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, VERTIGO and REAR WINDOW, then going on to see some of the "older, romantic" films, such as NOTORIOUS, SUSPICION, and SPELLBOUND, so I suppose it's …more»

If you haven't seen every other Hitchcock movie twice, I'd skip this one. It's a bit lame and the ending had no punch at all. It was a toothless grandma of a thriller. The subplots were much more interesting to watch than the main plot. …more»

This is thought to be Hitchcock's best and his personal favorite film. I don't think it's his best,and, after all the excellent films he has made, it probably shouldn't be his favorite. But, it is, and he is the genius here.

Anyway, …more»

That's not too shabby, along with Alfred Hitchcock directing, Dimitri Tiomkin composing the music. Altogether a good production, not as zippy as some other Hitchcock films, but then you wouldn't be as surprised at WHAT HAPPENS next!more»

It shouldn't be surprising that Hitchcock got Small town America this down pat, but when you take into account he was from England it's pretty impressive. Made as a love letter to his recently deceased Mother ( the mother in this movie is the …more»

A girl thinks her visiting uncle is the strangler dubbed the Merry Widow Murderer. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This movie is staring Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Hume Cronyn.more»

I saw this movie on TCM after wanting to see a Hitchcock film for a very long time. This film definitely lived up to all of my expectations. There were some clever lines put in as effective foreshadowing. The most obvious clue to the movie is the fact …more»