STAGE FRIGHT (1950) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Alfred Hitchcock

 

Written by - Whitfield Cook, Alma Reville, James Bridie, Ranald MacDougall (based on a novel by Selwyn Jepson)

 

Starring - Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd

 

 

 

"A drama student at the Royal Academy is approached by an old friend, whom she loves, that pleads her to help him out of the accusations of a murder he did not commit. Great cast and good performances. But this is much less inspired than one would expect from a Hitchcock film, and most disappointingly, the lack of proper suspense almost reveals a lack of interest by the director who allows a few plot holes and implausibilities to plague the screenplay."

 

 

Thriller, UK