"Love held its breath as sudden terror held the stage!"

1950

1h 50m

6.8(342 votes)

Thriller

Overview

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

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Cast & Crew

57 members

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Jane Wyman

Eve Gill

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Marlene Dietrich

Charlotte Inwood

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Michael Wilding

Det. Insp. Wilfried 'Ordinary' Smith

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Richard Todd

Jonathan Cooper

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Alastair Sim

Commodore Gill

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Sybil Thorndike

Mrs. Gill

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Kay Walsh

Nellie Goode

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Miles Malleson

Mr. Fortesque

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Hector MacGregor

Freddie Williams

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Joyce Grenfell

'Lovely Ducks'

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André Morell

Inspector Byard

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Patricia Hitchcock

Chubby Bannister

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Ballard Berkeley

Sergeant Mellish

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John Harvey

Inspector Loomis (uncredited)

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Alfred Hitchcock

Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)

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Robert Adair

Rough Individual (uncredited)

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Alfie Bass

Stage Hand with Microphone (uncredited)

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Hyma Beckley

Man in Pub (uncredited)

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Gordon Bell

2nd Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Gerald Case

Policeman (uncredited)

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Robert Cawdron

Policeman (uncredited)

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Cyril Chamberlain

Detective Sgt. Loomis (uncredited)

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Ann Codrington

Helper (uncredited)

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Brenda Cowling

Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)

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Harold Coyne

Extra (uncredited)

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Basil Cunard

Mr. Tippett (uncredited)

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Nuna Davey

Masculine Woman (uncredited)

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Petra Davies

RADA Girl (uncredited)

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Howard Douglas

3rd Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Josephine Douglas

Valerie (uncredited)

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Frank Duncan

News Photographer (uncredited)

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Norman Fisher

Garden Party Audience (uncredited)

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Susanne Gibbs

Little Girl (uncredited)

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Helen Goss

Miss Tippett (uncredited)

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Everley Gregg

Charlotte's Dressmaker (uncredited)

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Irene Handl

Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

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Arthur Howard

Groves - Charlotte's Butler (uncredited)

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Lionel Jeffries

Bald RADA Student (uncredited)

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Kenneth Kove

Meek Little Man (uncredited)

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Joe Linnane

Liveried Doorman (uncredited)

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Jack Mandeville

Garden Party Audience (uncredited)

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Howard Marion-Crawford

1st Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Sidney Monckton

Stage Manager (uncredited)

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Edna Morris

Plump Woman (uncredited)

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Reginald Purdell

Police Car Driver (uncredited)

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Louie Ramsay

Young Woman (uncredited)

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Peggy Scott Sanders

Passerby (uncredited)

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Leonard Sharp

Stage Doorkeeper (uncredited)

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Jean Shepherd

Fitter (uncredited)

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John Tatham

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

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Dennis Vance

2nd Detective (uncredited)

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Digby Wolfe

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

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David Ellis

Dancer in Opening Sequence (uncredited)

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Linda King

Garden Party Barker (uncredited)

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James Maclaren

Stage Singer (uncredited)

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Colin Morton

Garden Party Barker (uncredited)

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Paddy Smith

Garden Party Audience (uncredited)

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