# Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

> A bored California teenager discovers that the glamorous uncle she idolizes may be a serial killer hiding inside her beloved family.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/13037

## Facts

- Runtime: 108 min
- Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Edna May Wonacott
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036342/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: foreboding, intimate, psychologically tense, classic film night, hitchcock retrospective

## Synopsis

A young girl longs for excitement, but her family’s visit from a mysterious uncle brings more than she bargained for.

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