Shadow of a Doubt: Screen Directors Playhouse (November 9, 1950)

“Shadow of a Doubt” is an episode of Screen Directors Playhouse, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 9, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Charlie Newton lives in Santa Rosa with her family and is delighted when her uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. The household is charmed by his warmth and generosity, but Charlie grows uneasy after a stranger, Jack Gray, arrives claiming to conduct a survey and begins asking pointed questions. Screen Director's Playhouse presents this adaptation of Shadow of a Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carrie Grant and Betsy Drake, as first broadcast by NBC on November 9, 1950.

Santa Rosa, a quiet small town

Characters: Charlie Newton, Uncle Charlie, Jack Gray, Emma Newton, Joe Newton, Anne Newton, Mrs. Potter

Listen for: Charlie's growing doubts about her uncle after the stranger arrives and a newspaper story appears

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.