And on one such lazy Sunday, I first met the young impressionable Charlie (Teresa Wright) and her dubiously strange Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten).Īfter countless repeated viewings since then, I remain impressed by how beautifully the film continues to hold up. I was introduced to a whole host of classic black-and-white films in those days, like Frank Capra's It Happened One Night, William Wyler's Roman Holiday, Universal's iconic monsters, and, of course, many of Hitchcock's indelible favorites.

Every Sunday afternoon, I would sit in front of our 25' Zenith console television, which was considered massive at the time, with the fake wood paneling all around and decorative metal handles along the bottom.

But every time I watch this magnificent psychological thriller, I'm instantly whisked away to the 1980s.

Some of my favorite childhood movie-loving memories are forever associated with Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, which is not the central reason for the high rating, just to be clear.

Alfred hitchcock shadow of doubt