

Images from the Hitchcock Gallery (click to view larger versions or search for all relevant images). The Newton’s eldest daughter, ‘young Charlie’, decides that things need brightening up and resolves to contact her Uncle Charlie. The Newton family lead a quiet life in the North California town of Santa Rosa.

Henry Travers is splendid as Joseph Newton, the kindly father to young Charlie, with his funny obsession with murder mysteries alongside his quaint friend Hume Cronyn as Herbie. Shadow of a Doubtis a 1943 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville. Selection of film frames: Joseph Cotten (click image to view larger version or refresh thumbnails). Joseph Cotton is surely one of cinemas greatest antagonists in Shadow of a Doubt.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Together (12/Jan/1958) - cast: Tony Gould.Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Breakdown (13/Nov/1955) - cast: William Callew.Under Capricorn (1949) - cast: Sam Flusky A version of this article appears in print on of the National edition with the headline: 'Shadow of a Doubt' a Thriller, With Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, at Rivoli - 'Tennessee Johnson' Is at.Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - cast: Uncle Charlie.He received his start on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair, and became a recognizable Hollywood star in his own right with films such as Shadow of a Doubt and Portrait of Jennie.Ĭotten died in February 1994 of pneumonia, aged 88. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles, which included Citizen Kane, The Third Man, and Journey Into Fear, which Cotten wrote. Joseph Cheshire Cotten was an American stage and screen actor.
