![]() ![]() Without any shadow of a doubt, this one is a must-watch. Hitchcock, who had a knack for upturning audience expectations, deconstructs the on-screen persona of Joseph Cotten as a charming, amiable leading man at the time to terrifying impact. Teresa not only plays Hitchcock’s most unguarded heroines but also the most quick-witted and able ones of his oeuvre that either goes into the extremes of helpless murder victims or temptresses. The dark, slow-burn suburban thriller that is laced with Hitchcock’s signature tropes of serial killing, suspicion, deceit, international spying with an undercurrent of sexual tension is edgy and thick with suspense. She gradually discovers that her uncle, who is her namesake and hence also called Charlie (Joseph Cotten) is a serial killer. The plotline centres around Charlie (Teresa Wright), a young woman bored with her mundane life in the suburbs until her uncle arrives with a dark twist under his sleeves. Released in 1943, three years after Rebecca, this one is Hitchcock’s personal favourite.
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