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Stage Fright

1950 · 110 min · Director: Alfred Hitchcock ★ IMDb 7 · 18,018 ratings

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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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Emotional fingerprint

Stage Fright (1950) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anticipation 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear10%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anticipation, Tension. Genres: Thriller. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Anticipation and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Surprise

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
Curiosity
Surprise
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySurprise
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension63 %63 %52 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension60 %60 %46 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension56 %53 %46 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity54 %46 %50 %19 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Tension48 %39 %44 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity40 %25 %36 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Humor36 %18 %32 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Humor36 %21 %33 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity41 %26 %36 %9 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Humor44 %26 %33 %9 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Humor43 %30 %30 %8 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity44 %35 %38 %10 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Curiosity44 %33 %43 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Curiosity43 %31 %41 %11 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Curiosity43 %33 %39 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 85′Humor43 %31 %39 %14 %
82.5 %≈ 91′Curiosity46 %36 %45 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 96′Curiosity56 %53 %53 %23 %
92.5 %≈ 102′Tension71 %71 %53 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 107′Tension83 %83 %48 %62 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MW
Michael Wilding

ST
Sybil Thorndike

KW
Kay Walsh

HM
Hector MacGregor

JG
Joyce Grenfell

AM
André Morell

Inspector Byard

PH
Patricia Hitchcock

Chubby Bannister

BB
Ballard Berkeley

Sergeant Mellish

JH
John Harvey

Inspector Loomis (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)

RA
Robert Adair

Rough Individual (uncredited)

AB
Alfie Bass

Stage Hand with Microphone (uncredited)

HB
Hyma Beckley

Man in Pub (uncredited)

GB
Gordon Bell

2nd Chauffeur (uncredited)

GC
Gerald Case

Policeman (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Written by
Selwyn Jepson, Whitfield Cook
Type
Movies
Released
1950
Runtime
110 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Thriller
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 18,018 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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