Fresh
Hitchcock conjures a deep-rooted, irony-rich complicity of father and daughter that seems borrowed from the films of Howard Hawks and suggests the inner compass that helps to guard against chasing the wrong man.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Stage Fright
Love held its breath as sudden terror held the stage!
1950 · 1h 50m · Approved
Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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Stage Fright
Overview
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- 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
- Kay Walsh as Nellie Goode
- Miles Malleson as Mr. Fortesque
- Hector MacGregor as Freddie Williams
- Joyce Grenfell as 'Lovely Ducks'
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Wyman is delightful as embryo actress but the choice femme spot goes to Dietrich.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The issues aren't satisfactorily resolved, but Hitchcock seems to be exploring the ways in which various falsehoods -- the falsehoods of acting, storytelling, and art in general -- can lead to the truth
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
One is strongly suspicious, after watching this helter-skelter film, that Mr. Hitchcock was much less interested in his over-all story than in individual scenes.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
A fairly routine thriller, noted chiefly for its cheating flashback, though with much more to enjoy than its detractors -- including Hitchcock -- make out.
Time Out
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