Beyond a shadow of a doubt movie i promise to tell the truth the whole truth so help me god2/29/2024 ![]() ![]() Under pressure from his niece, Uncle Charlie announces he is leaving by train for San Francisco, accompanied by a rich local widow. Soon, the young woman has a couple of near-fatal "accidents"-falling down some steep stairs, and being trapped in a closed garage with a car spewing exhaust fumes. Uncle Charlie is delighted he is off the hook, until he remembers that young Charlie knows all his secrets. Detective Graham leaves after telling young Charlie that he loves her and would like to marry her someday. News breaks that the other suspect was killed fleeing from the police in Portland, Maine, and is assumed to have been the murderer. He begs her for help she reluctantly agrees not to say anything, as long as he leaves soon, to avoid a horrible scandal in the town that would destroy her family, especially her mother, who idolizes her younger brother. He confronts her, admitting that he is the man the police are after. Young Charlie's growing suspicion soon becomes apparent to Uncle Charlie. Particularly chilling is a family dinner conversation during which Uncle Charlie reveals his hatred of rich widows, comparing them to fat animals deserving to be slaughtered. She confirms her suspicions when she sees that the initials engraved inside the emerald ring Uncle Charlie gave her match those of one of the recent victims. He explains that her uncle is one of two men suspected of being a serial killer known as the "Merry Widow Murderer" who seduces, steals from, and murders wealthy widows.Īt first, young Charlie refuses to even consider that her uncle could be a murderer, but she notices him acting strangely on several occasions. One of them speaks to Charlie privately, identifying himself as Detective Jack Graham ( Macdonald Carey). ![]() Two men show up pretending to be working on a national survey of the average American family. ![]() Then, she receives wonderful news: her uncle (for whom she was named), Charlie Oakley ( Joseph Cotten), her mother's younger brother, is arriving for a visit. ![]() A teenager living in the idyllic town of Santa Rosa, California, Charlotte "Charlie" Newton ( Teresa Wright), complains that nothing seems to be happening in her life. ![]()
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