Stage Fright

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Allan C @RT15713161 Apr 12, 2026 Mid-tier Hitchcock is still entertaining Stage Fright (1950) *** Mid-tier Hitchcock, Stage Fright (1950) is an uneven but entertaining drawing-room mystery, elevated by Marlene Dietrich’s commanding, glamorous performance and a few sharp set pieces. It never quite settles on a tone, but still offers enough intrigue and star power to make it worthwhile. SEE LETTERBOXED FOR FULL REVIEW See more Bill T. @btreakle Jan 19, 2026 In typical Alfred Hitchcock fashion this film starring Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman and Alister Sims was really well done. Although sometimes the film seem to flow roughly. But that said I highly recommend this film. See more Micah H @RT36741898 Apr 22, 2025 With twists throughout this film remains suspenseful from start to finish. See more John S @RT40486670 Sep 21, 2024 This is laughably terrible and full of holes. It looks nice though. See more David K @RT61474040 May 18, 2023 I love Hitchcock. But, this one leaves me flat. Not a great sense of suspense but it does have a twist. The question is whether that is enough to hold interest. Not really for me. Maybe it's because my expectation of Hitchcock has been shaped from all of his great films from "The Lodger" to "Psycho". Hey, no one's perfect. See more stu b @RT12689018 Jun 8, 2022 Not the most celebrated of HItchcock's films, but an ultimately satisfying thriller nonetheless. Marlene Dietrich stars as an acclaimed London actress who murders her husband and then frames her lover for the crime...which prompts the lover's earlier girlfriend, a young ingenue still attending drama school, to go deep undercover in an effort to trick Dietrich into confessing. Well-acted by all--pay particular attention to Alastair Sims' enormously entertaining turn as the ingenue's willing-to-do-anything father--and much more light-hearted than most of the master's films, but chockful of suspenseful moments, too. The ending will leave you gasping--rarely has a thriller led its audience down the proverbial garden path as skillfully as this one--and you'll probably want to view it a second time (and maybe even a third) to see what you may have missed. With Richard Todd as Dietrich's lover, Jane Wyman as the girl, and Michael Wilding as the police inspector who falls for her. Hardly a masterpiece, but still a treat. See more Read all reviews

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