She learns that Uncle Charlie is coming to pay a visit after many years of absence. As usual, Hitch manages to create eccentric yet realistic characters, and Charlotte, the one person who had her feet on the ground decides to invite her Uncle. Unrealistic? I used to do the same thing as a child. The precocious little sister Ann, is a bookworm, as indicated by her glasses, and doesn't indulge to child's activities, and the youngest child Roger enjoys counting steps between places. The father shares a strange hobby with his friend Herb (Hume Cronyn in his debut) imagining the perfect crime as if they were about to write a crime novel. All these faces fit together and the actors are so natural we really believe this is a family, but there are many hints suggesting that each member tries to escape from a suffocating routine The mother is mentally rooted in the past and mourns her brother, Charlie whose absence had a profound effect on her well-being. Miniver', Henry Travers, a banker, and from 'The Little Foxes', Patricia Collinge as the devoted housewife. And she can't find any supports from her parents played by former co-stars, from 'Mrs. When we first see her, she's lying on her bed, wondering how she can get off this unbearable heaviness of boredom. Charlotte, played by the sweet and talented Teresa Wright, nicknamed Charlie after her mother's brother but will be called Charlotte in this review for clarity's sake, doesn't feel exactly like a fish in water. If the sleepy little town could appeal to any outsider in quest of peace, some insiders would have a much different opinion.

The town also neighbored some famous Californian vineyards, which made the shooting all the more interesting for Hitch and all. Townspeople know each other by first name, from the priest to the brave overweight traffic cop. The privilege went to Santa Rosa, a postcard little town of old fashion charm, with an obligatory library, train station, bank, all in one copy. So sentimentality was a prevalent element of Hitch' premiere in America, he wanted the most American-looking location, one you couldn't tell in which state it was.

And the word 'sentimental' is crucial as the underlying theme of 'Shadow of a Doubt', is 'when idealization meets deception' and we idealize a big deal in the name of sentimentality. And if I'm not sure that he held the film in higher regards than some later classics, I'm pretty sure though that the film was a sentimental favorite. 'Shadow of a Doubt' was pivotal in Hitchcock's career as the first movie set in directors' Promised Land: America.

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