Stage Fright
Year:
1949
Production Country:
Great Britain
A former dancer comes to a former girl friend for help as he is suspected of the murder of the husband of a musical comedy star.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Eve Gill Jane Wyman
- Charlotte Inwood Marlene Dietrich
- Detective Inspector Wilfred O. "Ordinary" Smith Michael Wilding
- Jonathan Cooper Richard Todd
- Mrs Gill Sybil Thorndike
- Nellie Goode Kay Walsh
- Fortesque, the bibulous gent Miles Malleson
- Freddie Williams Hector Macgregor
- 'Lovely Ducks', the shooting gallery attendant Joyce Grenfell
- Inspector Byard André Morell
- Chubby Bannister Patricia Hitchcock
- Sergeant Mellish Ballard Berkeley
- Commodore Gill Alastair Sim
- [passer-by on street] Alfred Hitchcock
- [Mrs Mason, Mrs Gill's maid] Irene Handl
- [Groves, Charlotte's butler] Arthur Howard
- [stage hand with microphone] Alfie Bass
- [dressmaker] Everley Gregg
- [Mrs Tippett] Helen Goss
- [1st detective] Cyril Chamberlain
- [Valerie] Josephine Douglas
- [chauffeur] Gordon Bell
- [chauffeur] Howard Marion-crawford
- [Mr Tippett] Basil Cunard
- [chauffeur] Howard Douglas
- [news photographer] Frank Duncan
- [liveried doorman] Joe Linnane
- [2nd detective] Dennis Vance
- [Miss Ashton] Mary Duff
- [plump girl at RADA] Brenda Cowling
- [bald young man at RADA] Lionel Jeffries
- [policeman] Robert Cawdron
- [RADA girl] Petra Davies
- [S.P. girl student] Eileen Walsh
- [S.P. man student] Dudley Buttrum
- [policeman] Gerald Case
- [fitter] Jean Shepherd
- [police car driver] Reginald Purdell
- [student outside RADA] Kathleen Ramsay
- [rough individual] Robert Adair
- [little girl] Suzanne Gibbs
- [meek little man at shooting gallery] Kenneth Kove
- [garden party barker] Linda King
- [garden party barker] Winsome Wallace
- [garden party barker] David Peacock
- [garden party barker] Denys Charlton
- [garden party barker] Colin Morton
- [garden party barker] Peter Finn
- [woman helper] Ann Codrington
- [cub] Micky Valios
- [masculine woman] Nuna Davey
- [plump woman] Edna Morris
- [Inspector Loomis] John Harvey
- [stage manager] Sidney Monckton
- [assistant stage manager] Digby Wolfe
- cast member Brenda Cowling
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Assistant Director (1st) Jack Martin
- Assistant Director (2nd) Dennis Bertera
- Assistant Director (3rd) John Hancock
- Continuity Angela Martelli
- Assistant Continuity Pamela Gayler
Rights
Production
- A Warner Bros. First National Picture Warner Brothers First National Productions
- Producer Alfred Hitchcock
- Executive Director of Production Robert Clark
- Production Manager Gerry Mitchell
- Production Supervisor Fred Ahern
- Accountant P.R. Phillips
Casting
- Casting Director Robert Lennard
- Casting Assistant G.B. Walker
Writing
- Screen Play by Whitfield Cook
- Screenplay Ranald Macdougall
- Adaptation Alma Reville
- Additional Dialogue James Bridie
- Based a novel by Selwyn Jepson
Photography
- Director of Photography Wilkie Cooper
- Camera Operator Eric Besche
- Loader Denis Lewiston
- Focus Puller Chris Holden
Stills
- Stills Photography Dave Bolton
- Stills Photography Bob Hawkins
Editing
- Film Editor E.B. Jarvis
- Assistant Editor (1st) Eve Catchpole
- Assistant Editor (2nd) Bill Prowse
Design
- Art Director Terence Verity
- Drapes F. Bowerbank
- Chief Draughtsman Tony Masters
- Master Carpenter B. Ebling
- Master Painter T. Weatherley
- Master Plasterer Barney Moodnick
- Prop Master Bill Osborne
- Prop Buyer Dudley May
- Chief Buyer Sam Shawcroft
- Construction Manager Arthur Searle
Costumes
- Miss Wyman's Wardrobe Milo Anderson
- Miss Dietrich's Wardrobe Christian Dior
- Wardrobe Mistress Alice Mclaren
- Assistant Wardrobe Cecilia Gray
- Assistant Wardrobe Bernard Brien
Make-up
- Makeup Artist Colin Garde
- Assistant Make-up Neville Smallwood
- Hairdresser Joan Smallwood
- Hairdresser Hilda Fox
Music
- Music Composed by Leighton Lucas
- Musical Director Louis Levy
Sound
- Sound by Harold V. King
- Boom Operator Owen Mundin
- Boom Assistant Jim Whiting
- Recording Mixer Les Hammond
- Dubbing Editor Arthur Southgate
- Sound System RCA Sound System
Consultant
- Unit Press Representative Hugh Samson
Publicity
- Publicity Supervisor Leslie Frewin