Stage Fright
“Love held its breath as sudden terror held the stage!”
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
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Cast
57 people
Jane Wyman
Eve Gill
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The Lost Weekend
All That Heaven Allows
Marlene Dietrich
Charlotte Inwood
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Witness for the Prosecution
Shanghai Express
Michael Wilding
Det. Insp. Wilfried 'Ordinary' Smith
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Under Capricorn
The Egyptian
Richard Todd
Jonathan Cooper
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The Dam Busters
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Alastair Sim
Commodore Gill
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Scrooge
An Inspector Calls
Sybil Thorndike
Mrs. Gill
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The Prince and the Showgirl
Kay Walsh
Nellie Goode
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Oliver Twist
The Witches
Miles Malleson
Mr. Fortesque
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Peeping Tom
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Hector MacGregor
Freddie Williams
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No Highway in the Sky
Hungry Hill
Joyce Grenfell
'Lovely Ducks'
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The Belles of St Trinian's
The Million Pound Note
André Morell
Inspector Byard
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Patricia Hitchcock
Chubby Bannister
Known for
Psycho
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Alfred Hitchcock Director · Whitfield Cook Screenplay Selwyn Jepson Author
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $1.4M · United States release February 23, 1950
Box office
Budget
$1,450,000
Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Transatlantic Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 23, 1950
Theatrical
United Kingdom · May 26, 1950
Theatrical
United States
April 15, 1950 · Theatrical
Australia
July 1, 2020 · Digital
Brazil
November 26, 2004 · Physical · Warner Home mj.gov.br
Denmark
May 21, 1951 · Theatrical
Finland
September 8, 1950 · Theatrical
Germany
November 12, 2004 · Physical
Italy
November 30, 1950 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 5, 1950 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 27, 2004 · Physical · DVD
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