Just when Charlie is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, her admiration turns into suspicion.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Thriller, Mystery
Release:
January 1943
Production:
Universal Pictures, Skirball Productions
Cast:
Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates, Irving Bacon, Clarence Muse, Janet Shaw, Estelle Jewell, Virginia Brissac, Frances Carson, Earle S. Dewey, Sarah Edwards, Edward Fielding, Vaughan Glaser, Alfred Hitchcock, Shep Houghton, Ruth Lee, Eily Malyon, John McGuire, Shirley Mills, Constance Purdy, Robert Quarry, Isabel Randolph, Grandon Rhodes, Byron Shores, Edwin Stanley, Minerva Urecal
Tags:
small town, california, library, widow, bank, detective, telegram, housewife, film noir, incest overtones, murder, fugitive, teenage girl, black and white, murderer, police detective, privacy, visit, gender roles, brother sister , wealthy widow, precocious child, misogynist, americana, uncle niece relationship, money in the bank, murder suspect, northern california, conflicting worldviews, bluebeard