Shadow of a Doubt
In a 1964 interview on "Telescope" with host Fletcher Markle, Markle noted, "Mr. Hitchcock, most critics have always considered "Shadow of a Doubt", which you made in 1943, as your finest film." Hitchcock replied immediately, "Me too." Markle then asked, "That is your opinion of it still?" Hitchcock replied, "Oh, no question." At the time, Hitchcock's most recent work was "Marnie". When later interviewed by François Truffaut, Hitchcock denied the suggestion that "Shadow of a Doubt" was his "favourite". But in the audio interview with Truffaut, Hitchcock confirmed it was his favourite film, and later reiterated that "Shadow of a Doubt" was his favorite film in his interview with Mike Douglas in 1969 and in his interview with Dick Cavett in 1972. Alfred Hitchcock's daughter Pat Hitchcock also said that her father's favorite film was "Shadow of a Doubt" in Laurent Bouzereau’s 2000 documentary "Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film".