Stage Fright details
| Format: | TBC DVD |
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| Starring: | Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd |
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Genre: | Thriller - Whodunnit |
| Studio: | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
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Stage Fright |
TBC Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 45 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 08 Nov 2004 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Arabic, Dutch, Bulgarian |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English, Italian |
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Underrated Hitchcock well worth watching
By Jeremy from York, England , 19 Oct 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
I am a big Hitchcock fan but do not remember having seen this before. I am now very glad I watched it. The film is shot in black and white, set in England and has a theatrical theme. There is a host of well known faces appearing. Apart from the obligatory Hitch cameo we have Alastair Sim, Miles Malleson, Joyce Grenfell, Alfie Bass and Ballard Berkeley who later appeared as the Major in Fawlty Towers and of course not forgetting Marlene Dietrich. The main stars along with Dietrich are Jane Wyman, Michael Wilding and Richard Todd.
There is an alleged flaw in the plot which I won't reveal here. You will have to watch the film to the end to get it.
The plot itself is a typical Hitchcock one involving a murder, a man on the run from the police and a blood spattered dress. Along the way there is plenty of comic relief before the (slightly) surprising ending. Well worth watching!- Was this review helpful to you?
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By Miriam from Ealing, London , 26 Nov 2011Another very enjoyable film from Hitchcock.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Stage Fright
By a customer from North of Watford , 22 Jan 2011Sometimes films seem cast according to physical appearance (the actors looked the right types for the parts.) The actors in ‘Stage Fright’ look OK but they are a motley crew. Jane Wyman was popular at the time although, on this showing, it’s difficult to see why; Marlene Dietrich was past her best; Richard Todd was a bit wooden. Alastair Sim is thrown in the mix; Joyce Grenfell makes a cameo appearance. Only Sybil Thorndike really shines, and she isn’t in it much. ‘Stage Fright’ is not a whodunit, not a mystery, and not in my opinion one of Hitch’s best.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Theatre crime drama with humorous hints
By rafi (36 reviews) from Beverley , 18 Jul 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
Stage Fright (1950) is another Hitch crime film with a very strong cast, including Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding and Richard Todd. Hitchcock's daughter Patricia made her movie debut in this film.
Though Hitchcock had lived and worked in Hollywood since 1939, this thriller was filmed on location in London, and all the cast, with the exception of Wyman and Dietrich, were British.
The film is about a murder, police investigation of the murder, while the two murderers trying to evade punishment, and one of them (Dietrich) tries to implicate the other (Todd), who is terribly in love with Dietrich thus incapable to see what is going on. To his help comes Wyman, who loves him and is determined to help. She does more than her fare share trying to save Todd, and in the process falls in love with the charming police detective (Wilding). The plot includes many Hitch humorous hints so as to tell the viewers not to take the story very seriously. Hitch is showing in this film yet again his ingenuity, starting the film with a false flashback which leads the spectator to think that Dietrich was the sole murderer.- Was this review helpful to you?
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enjoyable thriller
By a customer from North of Reading , 29 Jan 2009Fun movie with the usual innocent man on the run scenario, also good appearances by Alistair Sim and Joyce Grenfell.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Stage Fright
By stumpymuffin (49 reviews) from Ramsgate , 24 May 2008Not one of Hitchcock's best by any means, but it is worth watching, if only for Alastair Sim, who is always worth watching, lovely actor.- Was this review helpful to you?
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