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Stage Fright

1950 · Film · 110 min

  • Thriller

Plot

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

About Stage Fright

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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Cast

  • Jane WymanEve Gill
  • Marlene DietrichCharlotte Inwood
  • Michael WildingDet. Insp. Wilfried 'Ordinary' Smith
  • Richard ToddJonathan Cooper
  • Alastair SimCommodore Gill
  • Sybil ThorndikeMrs. Gill
  • Kay WalshNellie Goode
  • Miles MallesonMr. Fortesque
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