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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
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17 August 1945 (USA) morePlot:
Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Good melodrama moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | George Sanders | ... | Harry Melville Quincey |
 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | Lettie Quincey |
 | Ella Raines | ... | Deborah Brown |
| Sara Allgood | ... | Nona |
| Moyna MacGill | ... | Hester Quincy (as Moyna Macgill) |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Dr. Adams |
| Harry von Zell | ... | Ben (as Harry VonZell) |
| Judy Clark | ... | Helen |
| Coulter Irwin | ... | Biff Wagner (as Coulter F. Irwin) |
| Craig Reynolds | ... | John Warren |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Filming Locations:
New Hampshire, USAFun Stuff
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The film was previewed with five different endings and the existing one (a complete departure from the play) was selected for reasons of popular response and censorship, prompting the resignation of producer Joan Harrison from Universal Pictures. moreFAQ
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I voted 5 for "The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry", but maybe it was a bit unfair, because the film is good. I liked it, but I expected more from the title... I feel they could've done something even better with that script. Something seems to be missing. I think that what is most accomplished in this picture is the idea of "incest", because you can't deny there is some sort of sexual attraction between Harry (George Sanders) and Lettie (Geraldine Fitzgerald). That is shown in a subtle way and it is, in my opinion, one of the themes of the film.
The other theme is of course that dependence between the brother and the two sisters. The sisters depend on him for money and he depends on them to be taken care of.
I can't help comparing Siodmak's work with that of Alfred Hitchcock. It always looks like Hitchcock could do better, but then you would loose Siodmak's touch and I don't think that would be good.