3 - Shadow of a Doubt

    An uncle comes home to visit his sister and stay with her family.  He's got a pair of men following him.  He's keeping a secret, and his niece suspects what it is.
    Again, I had no knowledge of this movie prior to seeing it.
    This is actually an improvement on Saboteur, but it still isn't quite finished.  It should have been trimmed down slightly, or at least re-paced during the first third of it.  There's a small amount of overly-dramatic music for sequences that would be better served by something a little more minimal, and less broadly orchestral.
    But the story itself is very enjoyable.  We figure things out at roughly the same pace as Young Charlie.  This keeps the story in this state of unpredictability.  While I had suspicions about the direction the story could go, I was never very positive about it.
    And the writing is handled very nicely.  We see Uncle Charlie behave in vaguely suspicious ways, but his behavior only gets darker as things move on.
    There are a few technical issues that are interesting.  There is some sort of a line running down the middle of the picture.  It comes and goes, but it's surprisingly visible.  There's also the aspect ratio - 1.37:1.  This is very close to a full-frame picture.  I'm not sure why Hitchcock would go with that.  It wasn't a very claustrophobic movie.
    I think my appreciation for this one will probably grow.  In the meantime, I look forward to reaching Vertigo.