From the opening scene to the bitter but sweet ending serial killer Charlie Oakley (Joseph Cotten) is playing an endless cat and mouse game with not just the police who are on a country wide search for their serial killer. Serial killer Charlie is also playing a deceitful game with his loving sister Patricia Collinge (Patricia Collinge) and her perfect and loving family consisting of her husband Joseph Newton (Henry Travers), and their three (3) children, especially their eldest daughter Charlie (Teresa Wright) who was named after her uncle and who holds a special sympatico bond between Uncle Charlie and his niece Charlie.
This film is well worth watching a few times and is one of my Hitchcok directed favorites.
This film is well worth watching a few times and is one of my Hitchcok directed favorites.