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Stage Fright (1950)

110 min · Mysterie, crime film, crime thriller film, film noir, flashback film, thriller film

Popularity4.5/5
12-month trend4.4k2.9kExpand

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4.4k02025-09: 3,310 views2025-10: 4,372 views2025-11: 3,871 views2025-12: 3,744 views2026-01: 3,996 views2026-02: 3,098 views2026-03: 3,024 views2026-04: 3,188 views2026-05: 3,503 views2026-06: 2,919 views2026-07: 3,635 views2026-08: 3,607 views
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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Walsh, Miles Malleson, Hector MacGregor, Patricia Hitchcock

The story

Eve Gill is an aspiring actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. She is interrupted in rehearsal by her friend and crush, Jonathan Cooper, the secret lover of flamboyant stage actress and singer Charlotte Inwood. Via a flashback, he says Charlotte visited him after killing her husband; she was wearing a bloodstained dress.

Catalogue themes and tags

1950s, Falsely Accused Person, London, Lover, Murder Charge, Murder of Husband, Verhältnis, Thriller, Psychological thriller

Genres

Mysterie, crime film, crime thriller film, film noir, flashback film, thriller film
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