But Uncle Charlie may not be the man he seems to be. Then, she receives wonderful news: her uncle (for whom she was named), Charlie Oakley, is arriving for a visit.
Young thriller heroines from then on owe Wright’s Charlie a tip of the hat. A bored teen living in Santa Rosa, California, Charlotte Charlie Newton, is frustrated because nothing seems to be happening in her life and that of her family. Still, she’s a plucky, all-American girl, and she rises to the occasion, but not without having to hold on to a terrible secret for the rest of her life. Hitchcock puts Wright through the wringer she goes from happy-go-lucky to guilty accomplice (not wanting to ruin her family’s reputation or break her mother’s heart by revealing the truth about Mother’s brother) to fearing for her life. Certainly Jack Graham, the young detective who woos Charlie, is no help.) (What goes unmentioned in this film, made during the height of World War II, is that there are hardly any young men around to play hero, so the responsibility falls to a young woman. Except that Charlie is actually the “Merry Widow” serial killer, and only his namesake niece recognizes the truth about her favorite uncle. Alfred Hitchcock’s movie starts out as a slice of picture-perfect Americana, with a nice, middle-class, Main Street family celebrating a reunion with beloved Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten). Think of what a poison pill Shadow of a Doubt must have seemed in 1943. Cast: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten Get This MovieĬharlotte “Charlie” Newton (Teresa Wright)
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