
Young and Innocent(1937)
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.


“What horror did her secret life hold… that made her dread this man of her dreams?”
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Teresa Wright
Young Charlie

Joseph Cotten
Uncle Charlie

Macdonald Carey
Jack Graham

Henry Travers
Joseph Newton

Patricia Collinge
Emma Newton

Hume Cronyn
Herbie Hawkins

Wallace Ford
Fred Saunders

Edna May Wonacott
Ann Newton

Charles Bates
Roger Newton

Irving Bacon
Station Master
Shadow of a Doubt is a thriller, mystery film released in 1943 exploring themes of small town, california, library, widow, bank, detective. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey. In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
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