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.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Peels back the welcoming warmth and sincere innocence of small-town life to reveal the gullibility and the naivete underneath; it's a fiction about the perpetuation of fictions.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Dec 2012
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Alfred Hitchcock's first indisputable masterpiece.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
24 Apr 2009
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Hitchcock deftly etches his small-town characters and homey surroundings.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
10 Jun 2008
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One of Hitchcock's finest films of the '40s.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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You've got to hand it to Alfred Hitchcock: when he sows the fearful seeds of mistrust in one of his motion pictures he can raise more goose pimples to the square inch of a customer's flesh than any other director of thrillers in Hollywood.