Shadow of a Doubt story
Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was also Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all of his films.
16 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I found out that a loved one was not the person I thought they were | choice | Charlotte thought her uncle was the best person ever, but then she found out he was a misanthrope and a cold blooded murderer. The title of the film is an allusion to the process by which she gradually became aware. |
| father and daughter | major | Joseph and Charlotte / Ann. |
| law enforcement | major | Jack and Fred were detectives trying to catch out Charles. |
| misogyny | major | Charles' had murdered several widowed women because he loathed how they squandered their late husbands' hard earned cash. |
| mother and daughter | major | Emma and Charlotte / Ann. |
| romantic love | major | Jack and Charlotte fell in love. |
| serial murder | major | Charles was exposed as a serial murderer of widowed women, in the end. |
| uncle and niece | major | Central to the story is the relationship between Young Charlie and her Uncle Charlie, which everyone thinks is special. |
| brother and sister | minor | Roger and Charlotte / Ann. |
| father and son | minor | Joseph and Roger. |