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==Cast== [[File:Teresa-Wright-1942-1.jpg|thumb|237px|Promotional portrait of Teresa Wright for ''Shadow of a Doubt'', the film for which she received her first top billing]] * [[Teresa Wright]] as Charlotte "Charlie" Newton who initially idolizes her loving uncle. Wright was given the screenplay, and pursued the role of Charlie due to her adoration of Hitchcock's work.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2022 |title=The Making of Hitchcock's 'Shadow of a Doubt' |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wq7FU3mC2o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517205138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wq7FU3mC2o |archive-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> * [[Joseph Cotten]] as Charles "Uncle Charlie" Oakley. Cotten had a previously established relationship with Hitchcock which may have helped him get the role in the film. * [[Macdonald Carey]] as Detective Jack Graham * [[Henry Travers]] as Joseph Newton, Young Charlie's father, who loves to read crime stories. * [[Patricia Collinge]] as Emma Newton, Young Charlie's mother and Uncle Charlie's sister. Emma was named after Hitchcock's mother, who died during production of the film. * [[Wallace Ford]] as Detective Fred Saunders * [[Hume Cronyn]] as Herbie Hawkins, a neighbor and [[crime fiction]] buff. He discusses ideas for the perfect murder with Charlie's father. * [[Edna May Wonacott]] as Ann Newton. Wonacott was chosen for the role of Ann Newton by Alfred Hitchcock while they were waiting for a bus. She had no previous acting experience, and had to be coached by Hitchcock's daughter between takes. Wonacott had received a seven-year contract with a film studio, and Hitchcock believed she would have a successful acting career.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pittsburgh Press β Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19421007&id=rHcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9kwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1699,2385537 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=news.google.com}}</ref> * [[Charles Bates (actor)|Charles Bates]] as Roger Newton * [[Irving Bacon]] as Station Master * [[Clarence Muse]] as Pullman Porter * [[Janet Shaw (actress)|Janet Shaw]] as Louise Finch * Estelle Jewell as Catherine ===Uncredited cast=== * Alfred Hitchcock as Man playing cards on train * [[Minerva Urecal]] as Mrs. Henderson * [[Isabel Randolph]] as Mrs. Margaret Green * Earle S. Dewey as Mr. Norton * [[Eily Malyon]] as Librarian * [[Edward Fielding]] as Doctor on Train * Vaughan Glaser as Dr. Phillips * Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Phillips * [[Sarah Edwards (actress)|Sarah Edwards]] as Wife of Doctor on Train * Ruth Lee as Mrs. MacCurdy * Grandon Rhoades as Reverend MacCurdy * [[Edwin Stanley]] as Mr. Green * [[Frances Carson]] as Mrs. Potter * Byron Shores as Detective * John McGuire as Detective * [[Constance Purdy]] as Mrs. Martin * [[Shirley Mills]] as Young girl ====Hitchcock's cameo==== [[List of cameo appearances by Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock appears]] about 16 minutes into the film, on the train to Santa Rosa, playing [[Contract Bridge|bridge]] with Doctor and Mrs. Harry. Charlie is traveling on the train under the assumed name of Otis, and is lying down due to a [[migraine]]. Mrs. Harry is eager to help him, but her husband is not interested and keeps playing bridge. Doctor Harry replies to Hitchcock that he does not look well while Hitchcock is holding a full suit of spades, the best hand for bridge.<ref>"[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/657-SHADOW-OF-A-DOUBT Shadow of a Doubt]". [[American Film Institute]].</ref>
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