Editing Shadow of a Doubt (section)

{{short description|1943 film by Alfred Hitchcock}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}{{Infobox film
| name           = Shadow of a Doubt
| image          = Shadow of a Doubt (1942 poster - Style C).jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster, Style{{nbsp}}C
| director       = [[Alfred Hitchcock]]
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* [[Thornton Wilder]]
* [[Sally Benson]]
* [[Alma Reville]]
}}
| story          = Gordon McDonell
| producer       = [[Jack H. Skirball]]
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Teresa Wright]]
* [[Joseph Cotten]]
* [[Macdonald Carey]]
* [[Patricia Collinge]]
* [[Henry Travers]]
* [[Wallace Ford]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Joseph Valentine|Joseph A. Valentine]]
| editing        = [[Milton Carruth]]
| music          = [[Dimitri Tiomkin]] {{small|(original)}}<br />[[Franz Lehár]]
| studio         = Skirball Productions
| distributor    = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released       = {{film date|1943|01|12}}
| runtime        = 108 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 107:57--><ref>{{cite web |title=''Shadow Of A Doubt'' (PG) |url= https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/shadow-of-a-doubt-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmja0mtg|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=February 10, 1943 |access-date=August 15, 2024}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| gross          = $1.2 million {{small|(U.S. rentals)}}<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/variety153-1944-01#page/n51/mode/2up "Top Grossers of the Season", ''Variety'', 5 January 1944 p 54]</ref>
}}

'''''Shadow of a Doubt''''' is a 1943 American [[psychological thriller]] [[film noir]] 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.

The story follows Charlotte "Charlie" Newton and her family who live in very quiet [[Santa Rosa, California]]. An unexpected visit by Charles Oakley, her charming and sophisticated Uncle Charlie, brings much excitement to the family and the small town. That excitement turns to fear as young Charlie slowly begins to suspect that her uncle may be concealing a dark secret.

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".<ref>{{cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. FILM REGISTRY ADDS 25 'SIGNIFICANT' MOVIES|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-09-26-9103130465-story.html|last=Kehr|first=Dave|website=chicagotribune.com|date=September 26, 1991 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref> Hitchcock's favorite of all his films, ''Shadow of a Doubt'' was also the one he enjoyed making the most.