His avocation of the common man his dedication to the quotidian and his purveying of entertainment for its own sake, endeared him to the general public and yet his technical approach to story retains its fascination for student and fan alike. Hitchcock has long been an aesthetic construct as much as an infamous director but he remains an essential filmmaker not least because he made films that, for the most part, people wanted to see and they continue to enjoy today. Robin Wood famously asked why it was that we should take Alfred Hitchcock seriously – and he then proceeded to explain (Wood, 2008).

0:16:27 Hitchcock is seen on the train to Santa Rosa, playing cards, back to the camera.The Girl Who Knew Too Much: Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Part One, The Gothic Girls of Hollywoodīy Elaine Lennon Volume 27, Issue 1-2 / February 2023 58 minutes (14271 words).

Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten, who play uncle and niece in this film, would later go on to play husband-and-wife in the film The Steel Trap. He later would work with Hitchcock again in Lifeboat, and his wife, Jessica Tandy, would appear in The Birds.

It was also the favorite film of actress Teresa Wright. Of all his films, Alfred Hitchcock frequently said that this was his personal favorite. Although she adores her uncle, she gradually comes to suspect him of a terrible crime. A man on the run from the police escapes to his sister's family in California, where he is known and respected as 'Uncle Charlie.' His niece (and namesake) Charlotte, is his favorite relative.

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