rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1943
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; produced by Jack H. Skirball; screenplay by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville
Starring Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Huma Cronyn
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
Hitchcock brings us one of his classics from the 1940's. Uncle Charlie
visits his sister and their family. He has a special band with the daughter
of his sister who is also named Charlie. We soon learn that Charlie is not
the great guy he at first seems to be. The girl Charlie notices little
things and starts to suspect their might be something going on.
Hitchcock creates an atmosphere that makes most parts with lots of suspense
without anything happening. Teresa Wright as the girl Charlie does a nice
job, but the real star is Joseph Cotten as Uncle Charlie (when he smiles he
looks like a very evil Tim Robbins, as I reminded him from Arlington Road).
He does such a great job in portraying a man with good sides towards his
family but very bad sides towards some others.
A great Hitchcock with great stars and a intriguing plot. Even in the end
you are not sure of everything for example the assaults on certain peoples
lives. Like most of the films made by Hitchcock this is one not to be
missed.