This is by way of being a vanity film for the always pleasing Dennehy who is seldom off the screen and who writes and directs here as well, and he is adept at building to a mood of suspense, although his acting range limitations are brought into focus.

'Shadow of a Doubt' was filmed in British Columbia, Canada.Īndy Webb of The Movie Scene awarded 'Shadow of a Doubt' a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, saying that it 'ends up entertaining but in a bit of a bad movie way due to the over the top performances and a variety of forced scenes.'Īdrian Turner from Radio Times gave it a rating of three stars out of 5, saying: ' Dennehy has the heavyweight presence of Raymond Burr's Perry Mason, but he's nearly matched by Fairuza Balk's turn as the troubled teen.Brian Dennehy portrays Charlie Sloan, a recovering alcoholic defense attorney back from the lower depths and hired by an old flame, Robin Harwell (Bonnie Bedelia), to represent her stepdaughter Angel (Fairuza Balk) in a murder case wherein Angel has been arrested for the slaying of her father and Robin's husband, wealthy Harrison Harwell, a case less than promising for the defendant after being snared in hiding with bloody hands and clothing, and possibly coerced into giving a videotaped confession.

Charley Sloane, an alcoholic defense lawyer defends his ex-lover's stepdaughter when she is accused of murdering her father.

Shadow of a doubt 1995