Hitch #31 - Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

If anyone were to ask me what my favourite Hitchcock film was I’d probably pick randomly from The 39 Steps, Young and Innocent and The Lady Vanishes - when I wrote of the last of these three (back in 2018!!) I speculated that the only other film that might muscle its way into the list would be Shadow of a Doubt.

We finally arrived there a few months back and while it’s certainly in with a shout I’m pretty sure that (apparently) Hitch’s favourite film is not mine - although there is so much to love about it…

Weirdly, one of the things that has always stuck in my head since the very first time I watched Shadow of a Doubt is that you don’t start a cake by breaking an egg.

Oh, but you don't start a cake by breaking an egg, you have to put the butter and sugar in first. Survey or no survey, I'm not going to start by breaking an egg.

So …

• not my favourite Hitch film
• probably my favourite US Hitch film (although there’re plenty more of those to come)
• useful baking tips

Source: DVD
Rating: 9/10
Hitchcock Zone: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

I’ve just noticed that we are over eight years into our Hitch rewatch - and we’ve only just reached Lifeboat (which I posted when we watched it out of sequence in Feb 2021!) - we need to up our game! Hazel’s posts are on Let’s Fold Scarves and tend to be more detailed/analytical than my idle half-arsed rambling