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Stage Fright

  • 7.0 /10

  • 316

  • 92%

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.

Cast

Jane Wyman as Eve Gill
Jane Wyman

as Eve Gill

Marlene Dietrich as Charlotte Inwood
Marlene Dietrich

as Charlotte Inwood

Michael Wilding as Det. Insp. Wilfried 'Ordinary' Smith
Michael Wilding

as Det. Insp. Wilfried 'Ordinary' Smith

Richard Todd as Jonathan Cooper
Richard Todd

as Jonathan Cooper

Alastair Sim as Commodore Gill
Alastair Sim

as Commodore Gill

Sybil Thorndike as Mrs. Gill
Sybil Thorndike

as Mrs. Gill

Kay Walsh as Nellie Goode
Kay Walsh

as Nellie Goode

Miles Malleson as Mr. Fortesque
Miles Malleson

as Mr. Fortesque

Hector MacGregor as Freddie Williams
Hector MacGregor

as Freddie Williams

Joyce Grenfell as 'Lovely Ducks'
Joyce Grenfell

as 'Lovely Ducks'

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • February 23, 1950

Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

  • Transatlantic Pictures

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $1,450,000.00

Revenue

  • $1,900,000.00

Runtime

  • 1.83 hrs

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Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich head a strong cast in this tense, enthralling Hitchcock adaptation of Selwyn Jepson's 1948 thriller "Man Running" about an acting student (Wyman) who shelters her fellow student Richard Todd - with whom she is in love - from police investigating the murder of his mistress (Dietrich's) husband. Still with me? Well, add a superb Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Wal…