to kill her by shoving her out after it picks up speed. However, in the ensuing struggle, he falls in front of an oncoming train. At his funeral, Uncle Charlie is honored by the townspeople. Jack has returned, and Charlie confesses that she withheld crucial information. They resolve to keep Uncle Charlie's crimes a secret. Cast Teresa Wright as Charlotte "Charlie" Newton, a precocious teenager who initially idolizes her loving uncle. Joseph Cotten as Charles "Uncle Charlie" Oakley Macdonald Carey as Detective Jack Graham Henry Travers as Joseph Newton, Young Charlie's father, who loves to read crime stories. Patricia Collinge as Emma Newton, Young Charlie's mother and Uncle Charlie's sister. Wallace Ford as Detective Fred Saunders Hume Cronyn as Herbie Hawkins, a neighbor and crime fiction buff. He discusses ideas for the perfect murder with Charlie's father. Edna May Wonacott as Ann Newton Charles Bates as Roger Newton Irving Bacon as Station Master Clarence Muse as Pullman Porter Janet Shaw as Louise Finch Estelle Jewell as Catherine Uncredited cast Alfred Hitchcock as Man playing cards on train Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Henderson Isabel Randolph as Mrs. Margaret Green Earle S. Dewey as Mr. Norton Eily Malyon as Librarian Edward Fielding as Doctor on Train Vaughan Glaser as Dr. Phillips Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Phillips Sarah Edwards as Wife of Doctor on Train Ruth Lee as Mrs. MacCurdy Grandon Rhoades as Reverend MacCurdy Edwin Stanley as Mr. Green Frances Carson as Mrs. Potter Byron Shores as Detective John McGuire as Detective Constance Purdy as Mrs. Martin Shirley Mills as Young girl Hitchcock's cameo Alfred Hitchcock appears about 16 minutes into the film, on the train to Santa Rosa, playing bridge with Doctor and Mrs. Harry. Charlie is traveling on the train under the assumed name of Otis, and is lying down due to a migraine. Mrs. Harry is eager to help him, but her husband is not interested and keeps playing bridge. Doctor Harry replies to Hitchcock that he doesn't look well while Hitchcock is holding a full suit of spades, the best hand for bridge. Production The project began when the head of David Selznick's story department, Margaret McDonell, told Hitchcock that her husband Gordon had an interesting idea for a novel that she thought would make a good movie. His idea, called "Uncle Charlie", was based on the true story of Earle Nelson, a serial killer of the late