What is The Man Who Knew Too Much / Shadow of a Doubt about?

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, 1934, Park Circus, 75 min. Vacationing British couple Leslie Banks and Edna Best stumble onto an assassination plot; to ensure their cooperation, head killer Peter Lorre kidnaps their daughter. With a more charismatic villain and a climactic shootout (inspired by a real-life incident), this economical thriller is more sinister than Hitchcock’s 1956 remake. SHADOW OF A DOUBT, 1943, Universal, 108 min. What starts out as a charming portrait of idyllic small-town life gradually darkens into one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most devastating thrillers. Teenager Teresa Wright’s romantic illusions about her beloved Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) are shattered by her growing suspicion that he may be the diabolical Merry Widow serial killer.

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What is The Man Who Knew Too Much / Shadow of a Doubt about?: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, 1934, Park Circus, 75 min. Vacationing British couple Leslie Banks and Edna Best stumble onto an assassination plot; to ensure their cooperation, head killer Peter Lorre kidnaps their daughter. With a more charismatic villain and a climactic shootout (inspired by a real-life incident), this economical thriller is more sinister than Hitchcock’s 1956 remake.

SHADOW OF A DOUBT, 1943, Universal, 108 min. What starts out as a charming portrait of idyllic small-town life gradually darkens into one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most devastating thrillers. Teenager Teresa Wright’s romantic illusions about her beloved Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) are shattered by her growing suspicion that he may be the diabolical Merry Widow serial killer.