![]() ![]() Minister of Pensions (1947) 2 ALL ER 272: “That degree is well settled. The principle as to what degree of proof is required is stated by Lord Denning in his inimitable style in Miller v. It is true that the prosecution is required to establish its case beyond a reasonable doubt, but that does not mean that the degree of proof must be beyond a shadow of doubt. We do not think that the appellants have made out a case for grant of any such benefit. That brings us to the question whether the appellants could be given the benefit of doubt having regard to the nature of the evidence adduced by the prosecution against them. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The film where Hitchcock first discovered America.13. “Hitchcock is perverse enough to suggest that the murderer’s bitter clarity is in greater touch with life than is the feeble virtue of the town’s residents.” “Hitchcock's first indisputable masterpiece.” With support from the Robert Jolin Osborne Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. LOUIS), and Hitchcock’s wife (and closest collaborator) Alma Reville. Starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Henry Travers, Macdonald Carey, Patricia CollingeĪs wealthy widows keep disappearing, victims of the so-called “Merry Widow Murderer,” Joseph Cotten's lovable Uncle Charlie visits niece Teresa Wright in her average American town – a cozy family scene, until he’s heard whistling “The Merry Widow Waltz.” Often claimed as Hitchcock’s own favorite, this is perhaps his ultimate evocation of evil nesting among the mundane (and, along with PSYCHO, only one of two Hitchcocks with a villain as central character), with authentic Americana provided by screenwriters Thornton Wilder (OUR TOWN), Sally Benson (MEET ME IN ST. ![]()
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