She receives wonderful news: Her mother's younger brother (her eponym), Charles Oakley, is arriving for a visit. Plot Ĭharlotte 'Charlie' Newton is a bored teenage girl living in the idyllic town of Santa Rosa, California. The film was also Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all of his films. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. The fear escalates when Oakley realizes she knows his secret. That excitement turns to fear as young Charlie slowly realizes her uncle is in fact a wanted serial murderer known as the 'Merry Widow' killer. An unexpected visit by Charles Oakley, her charming and sophisticated 'Uncle Charlie', brings much excitement to her family and the small town. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell.Ĭharlotte 'Charlie' Newton and her parents live in very quiet Santa Rosa, California. MovieArt Austin will sell no reproductions.Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. MovieArt Austin guarantees that this poster is an authentic Italian poster, vintage and original. This very wonderful re-release Italian 2-sheet is in very fine condition, even though it was used in an Italian cinema. So the poster has a somewhat more modernist illustrative approach, with art by Franco Picchioni. This poster is for a re-release in Italy. This would be dramatic in any room, but so great in a home theater. It is printed on two separate panels, an upper and lower panel, which are joined together to display as one poster. This four foglio poster measures 79x55, so it is a big poster. Hitchcock plays the unraveling of affection and confidence into doubt, distress and finally terror with the directorial sureness for which he is remembered. Wright fairly worships her debonair and mysterious uncle until certain disturbing traits begin to unravel some sinister secrets.

After many years of uncertain travel, he comes to Santa Rosa, California to stay with his sister. And it certainly is one of most chilling of Hitchcock's films of the 1940s. SHADOW OF A DOUBT was reputed to be Hitchcock's favorite of all his films. Original SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943) four foglio poster, folded, 79x55.

Universal Pictures Original Italian Four Foglio Poster (79x55) Re-release of 1962 Folded Very Fine Condition Art by Franco Picchioni

Movie poster shadow of doubt