Broken Pedestal: More like shattered into a million pieces.The Bluebeard: Uncle Charlie himself, first to rich old widows, then to his own family.Blowing Smoke Rings: Uncle Charlie does this after lying down in bed at his sister's house, having successfully found a place to hide out.Luckily, Herbie shows his true good colors in the end. Big Bad Wannabe: Herbie and Joseph are always talking about how to commit an untraceable murder (which eventually disgusts Young Charlie).Despite being more composed and calm than any other example it's clear that there's plenty wrong with him. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. It also served as the inspiration for Park Chan-wook's Stoker. The film has been remade twice: in 1958 as Step Down to Terror, and in 1991 under the original title as a TV movie in which Mark Harmon portrayed Uncle Charlie. Check out Roger Ebert's discussion on it here. Appropriately for a film set in a small town, the screenplay was co-written by Thornton Wilder. Said to be Hitchcock's favorite of his own films. Teresa Wright is his niece Charlotte Newton, also called Charlie, who idolizes him-until the agents hunting 'Uncle Charlie' reveal to her who her uncle really is. Joseph Cotten stars as Charles 'Charlie' Oakley, a Serial Killer on the run who comes back to his hometown of Santa Rosa, California to hide from the police. Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Uncle Charlie: It's not good to find out too much, Charlie. Young Charlie: Something secret and wonderful. I have a feeling that inside you there's something nobody knows about. I know you don't tell people a lot of things. Young Charlie: We're not just an uncle and a niece.

It is without a shadow of a doubt;