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Stage Fright
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6.8A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Cast
- Jane Wyman as Eve Gill
- Marlene Dietrich as Charlotte Inwood
- Michael Wilding as Det. Insp. Wilfried 'Ordinary' Smith
- Richard Todd as Jonathan Cooper
- Alastair Sim as Commodore Gill
- Sybil Thorndike as Mrs. Gill
Themes
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- lover
- black and white
- maid
- doll
- extramarital affair
- impersonation
- london theater district
- stage performance
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
17,212 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
62/100
- Year
- 1950
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 5 wins & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenplay by
- Whitfield Cook Alma Reville James Bridie
- Based on
- Man Running , 1947 novel, by Selwyn Jepson
- Produced by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Starring
- Jane Wyman Marlene Dietrich Michael Wilding Richard Todd Alastair Sim Sybil Thorndike
- Cinematography
- Wilkie Cooper
- Edited by
- E. B. Jarvis
- Music by
- Leighton Lucas
- Production company
- Transatlantic Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- 23 February 1950 ( 1950-02-23 ) (New York City) 26 May 1950 ( 1950-05-26 ) (London)
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.4 million
- Box office
- $1.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Stage Fright is a 1950 British thriller film noir directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding and Richard Todd. The cast also features Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Walsh, Hitchcock's daughter Pat Hitchcock in her film debut, and Joyce Grenfell in a vignette.
The story was adapted for the screen by Whitfield Cook and Alma Reville (the director's wife), with additional dialogue by James Bridie, based on the 1947 novel Man Running by Selwyn Jepson.
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