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Stage Fright

6.8

Released February 23, 1950Runtime 1h 50min

Love held its breath as sudden terror held the stage!

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

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Transatlantic Pictures

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $1,450,000
Revenue: $1,900,000
Profit/Loss: $450,000

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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

Hector MacGregorFreddie Williams

Joyce Grenfell'Lovely Ducks'

André MorellInspector Byard

Patricia HitchcockChubby Bannister

Ballard BerkeleySergeant Mellish

John HarveyInspector Loomis (uncredited)

Alfred HitchcockMan Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)

Robert AdairRough Individual (uncredited)

Alfie BassStage Hand with Microphone (uncredited)

Hyma BeckleyMan in Pub (uncredited)

Gordon Bell2nd Chauffeur (uncredited)

Gerald CasePoliceman (uncredited)

Robert CawdronPoliceman (uncredited)

Cyril ChamberlainDetective Sgt. Loomis (uncredited)

Ann CodringtonHelper (uncredited)

Brenda CowlingPlump RADA Girl (uncredited)

Harold CoyneExtra (uncredited)

Basil CunardMr. Tippett (uncredited)

Nuna DaveyMasculine Woman (uncredited)

Petra DaviesRADA Girl (uncredited)

Howard Douglas3rd Chauffeur (uncredited)

Josephine DouglasValerie (uncredited)

Frank DuncanNews Photographer (uncredited)

Norman FisherGarden Party Audience (uncredited)

Susanne GibbsLittle Girl (uncredited)

Helen GossMiss Tippett (uncredited)

Everley GreggCharlotte's Dressmaker (uncredited)

Irene HandlMrs. Mason (uncredited)

Arthur HowardGroves - Charlotte's Butler (uncredited)

Lionel JeffriesBald RADA Student (uncredited)

Kenneth KoveMeek Little Man (uncredited)

Joe LinnaneLiveried Doorman (uncredited)

Jack MandevilleGarden Party Audience (uncredited)

Howard Marion-Crawford1st Chauffeur (uncredited)

Sidney MoncktonStage Manager (uncredited)

Edna MorrisPlump Woman (uncredited)

Reginald PurdellPolice Car Driver (uncredited)

Louie RamsayYoung Woman (uncredited)

Peggy Scott SandersPasserby (uncredited)

Leonard SharpStage Doorkeeper (uncredited)

Jean ShepherdFitter (uncredited)

John TathamGarden Party Guest (uncredited)

Dennis Vance2nd Detective (uncredited)

Digby WolfeAssistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

David EllisDancer in Opening Sequence (uncredited)

Linda KingGarden Party Barker (uncredited)

James MaclarenStage Singer (uncredited)

Colin MortonGarden Party Barker (uncredited)

Paddy SmithGarden Party Audience (uncredited)

Crew

Alfred HitchcockDirector

Dennis BerteraSecond Assistant Director

Angela MartelliContinuity

Jack MartinFirst Assistant Director

Pamela GaylerContinuity

Selwyn JepsonNovel

Whitfield CookScreenplay

Alma RevilleAdaptation

Alfred HitchcockProducer

Fred AhernProduction Supervisor

Robert LennardCasting

Gerry MitchellProduction Manager

Edward B. JarvisEditor

Wilkie CooperDirector of Photography

Terence VerityArt Direction

Leighton LucasOriginal Music Composer

Harold V. KingSound

Louis LevyMusic Director

Colin GardeMakeup Artist

Ranald MacDougallAdditional Writing

Bill BeavisScenic Artist

James BridieAdditional Dialogue

Milo AndersonCostume Design

Jim WhitingBoom Operator

Christian DiorCostume Design

Anthony MastersDraughtsman

Eva CatchpoleFirst Assistant Editor

Davis BoultonStill Photographer

Hilda FoxHairdresser

Joan SmallwoodHairdresser

Jack HasteCamera Operator

Babs GrayWardrobe Assistant

Olga LehmannSet Dresser

Bill OsborneProperty Master

Dennis C. LewistonClapper Loader

Les HammondSound Re-Recording Mixer

Arthur SouthgateADR & Dubbing

Neville SmallwoodAssistant Makeup Artist

Eric BescheCamera Operator

Chris HoldenFocus Puller

Dudley H. MayProperty Buyer

Bernard BrienWardrobe Assistant

Alice McLarenWardrobe Master

Arthur SearleConstruction Manager

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Reviews

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 mis...