Train movie shadow of a doubt10/3/2023 ![]() In one of his trademark cameos, Hitchcock boards the train in Metcalf after Farley Granger's character exits in Strangers on a Train (1951).Įnglish film director Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in 40 of his 53 surviving major films (his second film, The Mountain Eagle, is lost). ( April 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ![]() Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. And as the imitative but inferior Stoker shows, it’s the kind of film that casts a long shadow.This article possibly contains original research. ![]() It’s subversive, nail-biting, eerie, and gorgeously shot - no wonder Hitch often cited it as his finest achievement. Hitchcock picks at the placid surface of small-town America like a scab, imbuing each scene with deep-running undercurrents of menace. On the surface, Cotten is the local boy made good, but he’s actually rotten to the core. Written by Thornton Wilder, Shadow of a Doubt is essentially what would happen if you let loose a monster in Our Town. ( EXTRAS include a recycled but informative making-of documentary.) Joseph Cotten plays the original Uncle Charlie, a suave, beloved relative living with his sister’s family until his niece (Teresa Wright) uncovers the murderous secret behind his meticulously crafted facade, which propels the movie toward its iconic final sequence aboard a train. ![]() Hitchcock’s brilliant film (also newly available on Blu-ray) is still just as unnerving and masterful 70 years later. ![]()
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