Episode 15 – Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

It's 1943. World War 2 is raging, and nearly all the movies are war-related in some way. Into this comes a story of evil visiting idyllic small-town America. The director is the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock; and the movie, Shadow of a Doubt, is not as flashy or as well-known as some of his others, but it is a compact, character-driven story. Hitchcock himself said several times that it was his favorite film.

What Shadow of a Doubt offers casual move fans who have always meant to watch classic movies: a tense cat-and-mouse game; discussions of murders, real and imaginary; an examination of the space between appearance and reality; and, of course, Hitchcock's signature visuals.

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