What horror did her secret life hold… that made her dread this man of her dreams?
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.
- 7.5
- 1943
- Released
- 1h 47m
Teresa Wright
Young Charlie
Joseph Cotten
Uncle Charlie
Macdonald Carey
Jack Graham
Henry Travers
Joseph Newton
Patricia Collinge
Emma Newton
Hume Cronyn
Herbie Hawkins
Wallace Ford
Fred Saunders
Edna May Wonacott
Ann Newton
Charles Bates
Roger Newton
Irving Bacon
Station Master
Clarence Muse
Pullman Porter
Janet Shaw
Louise Finch
Estelle Jewell
Catherine
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Frances Carson
Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
Earle S. Dewey
Mr. Norton (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Doctor on Train (uncredited)
Vaughan Glaser
Dr. Phillips (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
Mrs. MacCurdy (uncredited)
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)
John McGuire
Teen at Crosswalk (uncredited)
Shirley Mills
Shirley (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Mrs. Martin (uncredited)
Robert Quarry
Santa Rosa Teenager (uncredited)
Isabel Randolph
Margaret Green (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
Rev. MacCurdy (uncredited)Byron Shores
Detective (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Mr. Green (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Released
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- #telegram
- #housewife
- #film noir
- #incest overtones
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- #teenage girl
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- #privacy
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- #gender roles
- #brother sister
- #wealthy widow
- #precocious child
- #misogynist
- #americana
- #uncle niece relationship
- #money in the bank
- #murder suspect
- #northern california
- #conflicting worldviews
- #bluebeard
Reviews
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