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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 94/100. Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 112 1940s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
1,189 audience votes
Key crew
- Thornton WilderScreenplay
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Alma RevilleScreenplay
- Sally BensonScreenplay
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Teresa WrightCharlie Newton
- Joseph CottenCharlie Oakley
- Macdonald CareyJack Graham
- Henry TraversJoseph Newton
- Patricia CollingeEmma Newton
- Hume CronynHerbie Hawkins
- Wallace FordFred Saunders
- Edna May WonacottAnn Newton
- Charles BatesRoger Newton
- Irving BaconStation Master
- Clarence MusePullman Porter
- Janet ShawLouise Finch
Stills
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