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  • Actor Marlene Dietrich looks demure as she stares over her shoulder with one hand clutched to it.
  • The main actors are in a sitting room, with Marlene Dietrich seated between them while they stand.
  • Actor Marlene Dietrich hands a lit cigarette to her servant (Jane Wyman).
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STAGE FRIGHT

12:30

Wednesday, March 11

Director Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd
Screenplay Alma Reville, James Bridie
Based on Man Running by Selwyn Jepson
Cinematography Wilkie Cooper
1950 | UK | DCP | Approx. 110 min. | In English

On-the-run Richard Todd hops in to aspiring actress Jane Wyman’s car, with Wyman then going undercover as a frumpish lady’s maid to Marlene Dietrich. British character actor overload (Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Joyce Grenfell, et al.), with Michael Wilding as the charming inspector, and with a controversial fake flashback. Screenplay co-written by Alma Reville.

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