Stage Fright (1950 film)

Stage Fright
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by
Based onMan Running
by Selwyn Jepson
Produced byAlfred Hitchcock
Starring
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Edited byE. B. Jarvis
Music byLeighton Lucas
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 23 February 1950 (1950-02-23) (New York City)
  • 26 May 1950 (1950-05-26) (London)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.4 million[1]
Box office$1.9 million[1]

Stage Fright is a 1950 British thriller film noir directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding and Richard Todd. The cast also features Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Walsh, Hitchcock's daughter Pat Hitchcock in her film debut, and Joyce Grenfell in a vignette.

The story was adapted for the screen by Whitfield Cook and Alma Reville (the director's wife), with additional dialogue by James Bridie, based on the 1947 novel Man Running by Selwyn Jepson.


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  1. ^ a b Glancy, H. Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: The William Schaefer Ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: 31. doi:10.1080/01439689508604551.