STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
London drama student Eve Gill (Jane Wyman) hides her friend Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd), suspected of murder by the police, at her father's (Alastair Sim) country cottage. According to Jonathan, the real killer is the victim's wife, stage diva Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich). Curious, Eve begins an investigation of her own, going undercover to work as a maid for Inwood. After his success in the U.S., Alfred Hitchcock's return to England was ballyhooed in the press, and he gives generous screen time to the British supporting cast — all wonderfully hammy, befitting this spoofy, theater-set caper — including Sim, Michael Wilding, Sybil Thorndike, Joyce Grenfell, Kay Walsh and, in her first screen role, daughter Patricia Hitchcock. DIR/PROD Alfred Hitchcock; SCR Whitfield Cook, Alma Reville, from the novel "Man Running" by Selwyn Jepson. UK, 1950, b&w, 110 min. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, June 30, 2023
Genre: Film noir
