page_title: Shadow of a Doubt
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Shadow of a Doubt / Cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Promotional portrait of Teresa Wright for the 1943 film Shadow of a Doubt, for which she received her first top billing
context_page_description: Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. 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 film was also Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all of his films.
context_section_description: Teresa Wright as Charlotte "Charlie" Newton, a precocious teenager who initially idolizes her loving uncle.
  Joseph Cotten as Charles "Uncle Charlie" Oakley
  Macdonald Carey as Detective Jack Graham
  Henry Travers as Joseph Newton, Young Charlie's father, who loves to read crime stories.
  Patricia Collinge as Emma Newton, Young Charlie's mother and Uncle Charlie's sister.
  Wallace Ford as Detective Fred Saunders
  Hume Cronyn as Herbie Hawkins, a neighbor and crime fiction buff. He discusses ideas for the perfect murder with Charlie's father
  Edna May Wonacott as Ann Newton
  Charles Bates as Roger Newton
  Irving Bacon as Station Master
  Clarence Muse as Pullman Porter
  Janet Shaw as Louise Finch
  Estelle Jewell as Catherine
caption: Promotional portrait of Teresa Wright for Shadow of a Doubt, the film for which she received her first top billing
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