Stage Fright (1950)

Date	User	Rating
Jul 21, 2022	Timon88	55 _51st
Though Dietrich gets all the best lines, it's Alastair Sim who struts off with every scene he's in. I was wondering how I was going to sit through this until he showed up. Actually not as bad as many say it is--just not one of Hitchcock's best. It's a bit unfocused in the plot advancement department, leaving one too much time to ponder such questions as "why does Jane Wyman, with two VERY British parents, speak with an American accent?" (the "educated in America" explanation doesn't cut it)
Jul 11, 2022	Nathan S	4 _74th
Capitalizes quite well on its theater motif, each of these characters playing the part, and then another part. Everyone tied together in a knot of duplicitous scheming and deceptive identity games, which make not only for precarious suspense, but also an ironic sense of humor. It's often as funny as it is melodramatic, gathering a strong head of steam until a particularly well-shot finale in an empty theater.
Aug 26, 2021	mike365365	62 _46th
Alastair Sim is great, Marlene Dietrich is good, but the rest of the cast is just meh...
Jan 27, 2020	Emre E.	75 _36th
Senaryosu biraz sorunlu olsa da, üstadın yine yönetmenlik şovu yaptığı filmlerden birisi. hitchcock bu filmde oyunculara çok sık yakın plan yapmayı tercih etmiş.bu tercih filmin bazı anlarda gerilim altyapısını çok iyi güçlendirmiş.özellikle sonlara doğru jane wyman ve richard todd'un tiyatrodaki karşılıklı sahnesi gerçekten muazzam.seyirciyi inanılmaz geren bir sahne ve orada wyman'ın yaptığı soğukkanlı hareket gerçekten müthişti.
Jun 19, 2018	hotsake	71 _78th
Watchable, light-hearted and fun at least until the finale. There's a twist at the end that I didn't see coming and while I didn't like it I still found it some what enjoyable. I'd have rated this a bit higher if it had a different ending.
Oct 19, 2017	TheDiceman	60 _62nd
Not bad at all.
Oct 28, 2016	SlrSoapbox	75 _59th
Not one of my favourite Hitchcocks, but Alistair Sim and Marlene Dietrich are a lot of fun & the plot twist was great.
Apr 20, 2016	zmoats	83 _66th
Jane Wyman (Eve Gill), Marlene Dietrich (Charlotte Inwood), and Alastair Sim (Commodore Gill) captivated me from start to finish. I thought Hitchcock's direction was again damn well done in this movie, albeit at times slow moving - a issue I'm noticing time and time again. The plot doesn't necessarily move slow, but Hitchcock's construction of each individual scene does. Nonetheless, in this movie, it most definitely did not take away from how much I enjoyed it and how riveted I was by it.
Jan 30, 2016	joseywales	70 _56th
Meh. Just meh.
Aug 11, 2014	Zipster	65 _8th
Without a doubt, one is keenly wary, after watching this haphazard film, that Hitchcock was much less concerned with his overall narrative than in separate scenes. One has the unnerving feeling that he so much enjoyed the parts that he lost, or didn't even bother about, compelling and coherent development. Certainly his audience follows in their gratification of the parts, but whether they will be quite as indifferent to the lack of shape or substance is something else.
Oct 10, 2013	glm01	79 _61st
79.000
Sep 02, 2013	TrixRabbi	79 _64th
Can we all just talk about how good Jane Wyman was?
Feb 21, 2013	JooJoo	5 _80th
Biggest landmark for me - I have now seen every Hitchcock from the 50's, 60's, & 70's. As for the movie, it's gorgeously filmed but not his best script, and I don't know what Jane Wyman is doing here (I smell studio involvement).
Aug 07, 2012	nilkynarfy	90 _92nd
As far as fuck-ups go, you could do much worse than Stage Fright's unreliable narrator. I'm half-inclined to like that sort of thing, and I like it here, but yikes was it obviously an accident. Dietrich felt especially dangerous in this one, and the future Mr. Liz Taylor was also good and complex. The fixed camera on the stairs was pretty cool too, inventing the surveillance footage visual cliché before surveillance cameras even existed in real life. Neat!
Jul 12, 2012	rthornhill	80 _23rd
dietrich and sim's performance's stood out for me. the flashback didn't bother me like it did for so many others who have seen this. overall, stage fright is certainly good but certainly not amongst my favorite hitch films. i would recommend it tho', especially to fans of his....
Feb 09, 2012	graveyardtan	80 _57th
The film succeeds despite its manipulative, third act plot twist. Stage Fright bares the Hitchcock stamp with its dry wit and clever cinematography, raising it above the average murder yarn.
Dec 02, 2011	vesupria	4 _32nd
I found this rather dull, and lacked pretty much any semblance to Hitchcock's "trademark" touch.
Jun 17, 2011	mark83	7 _72nd
Not top tier Hitchcock, but as a film about performing both on stage and in real life, it's definitely quite underrated. Could have used a stronger central plot, but it's far from bad.
May 13, 2011	roofs_runner	78 _53rd
It's a good movie with good plot and splendid performance by Alastair Sim but it's, probably, all I can say about it. Just a relaxing project for Hitchcock I guess.
Dec 25, 2010	glm	73 _50th
73.375
Feb 24, 2009	Stain	80 _68th
This movie is infamous as the case where Hitchcock "cheated". (You'll know it when you see it.) I think it's worth seeing anyway
Dec 29, 2008	thesleepwalk	90 _92nd
I think I like it more than most Hitchcock fans, but I put this amongst his best because I think Marlene Dietrich is so good and the ending was so unexpected.
Sep 11, 2008	Mentaculus	62 _37th
Flawed logic (showing a lie on screen), but succeeds in audience manipulation (Hitchcock's pleasure) - and in that case it is a success. In Hitchcock's grand oeuvre, this is a dud, but for any other director, it's a watchable, entertaining film.
May 10, 2007	Grit	63 _65th
It is still a good film but is one of Hitchcock's weaker titles overall, but there is one great plot twist at the end and a great performance from Jonathan Cooper and Alastair Sim. It's worthy of a viewing, but it might let down those expecting another Hitchcock masterpiece.
Dec 08, 2006	MartinTeller	72 _41st
Certainly not on a par with Hitchcock's classics, but quite watchable and entertaining. Hearing Marlene Dietrich sing "The Laziest Gal in Town" makes Madeline Kahn's performance in Blazing Saddles even funnier.

Average Percentile 52.62% from 434 Ratings