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Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · 1943 · 108 min

A slow-burning, suspenseful thriller that creeps under your skin with its charming yet sinister atmosphere and moral unease.

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1943 film by Alfred Hitchcock
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Year
1943
Runtime
108 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • family
  • identity
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, film noir, action, crime, mystery, thriller, crime thriller, psychological drama, psychological thriller, crime drama
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Written by
Thornton Wilder, Alma Reville, Sally Benson
Starring
Alfred Hitchcock, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Hume Cronyn, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Macdonald Carey, Wallace Ford
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Joseph A. Valentine
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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