Joseph Cotton star as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie (Teresa Wright). But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.

• 1 hr 49 min
• Directed by

  Alfred Hitchcock
• Written by Sally Benson, Joan Harrison, Gordon Mc Donell, Alma Reville

• Starring

  Joseph Cotten

  ,

  Teresa Wright

  ,

  Mac Donald Carey

  ,

  Henry Travers

  ,

  Patricia Collinge

  ,

  Hume Cronyn

  ,

  Wallace Ford

  ,

  Edna May Wonacott

  ,

  Charles Bates

  ,

  Irving Bacon

  ,

  Janet Shaw

  ,

  Clarence Muse

  ,

  Virginia Brissac

  ,

  Vaughan Glaser

  ,

  Ruth Lee

  ,

  Eily Malyon

  ,

  Shirley Mills

  ,

  Constance Purdy

  ,

  Isabel Randolph

  ,

  Grandon Rhodes

  ,

  Minerva Urecal

  ,

  Sarah Edwards

  ,

  John Mc Guire