I considered a slightly higher rating, but thought the pace in the first half of the movie was a little slow. Trouble is just behind him though, and it gets worse when his niece (also 'Charlie', named after him, and played by Teresa Wright) begins to suspect him of being the "Merry Widow Murderer". Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) is on the run from the law on the East Coast, and he settles in with his sister and her family in Santa Rosa. So I thought it would be interesting to see him do this thing.Hitchcock said this was his favorite film, and there is a quiet evil about it that makes it truly horrifying. Since there isn’t any doubt to begin with, the drama is in the girl’s reaction and the family’s reaction to Uncle Charlie. John Gay recalled: ‘When you look at the original film, 10 minutes into it there isn’t any doubt that Uncle Charlie is the killer. John Gay adds a new opening scene where Uncle Charlie seduces and murders widow Teresa Mathewson (Tippi Hedren). The film was shot in the same town as the original, Santa Rosa, California. It is great though to see Diane Ladd, Shirley Knight and especially Hitchcock’s protégée Tippi Hedren in the lineup.Īlso in the cast are Norm Skaggs, Rick Lenz, William Lanteau, Sydney Walker, Bianca Rose, and Seth Smith. The mood, atmosphere and pace seem all wrong in John Gay’s script and Arthur’s handling. The 1991 remake is just a shadow of Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943).ĭirector Karen Arthur’s 1991 thriller TV movie remake Shadow of a Doubt stars Mark Harmon, Margaret Welsh, Diane Ladd, Shirley Knight and Tippi Hedren.Īlfred Hitchcock’s favourite of his own films, the 1943 Shadow of a Doubt, is pointlessly and listlessly remade with a miscast and lost Mark Harmon in the lead, much too nice as the creepy favourite Uncle Charlie, while Margaret Welsh is not compelling enough as the young woman, also called Charlie. Nathalie Kay “Tippi” Hedren (born January 19, 1930).
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