Not sure what the attraction for Hitchcock was in this film, being back in London or working with Marlene Dietrich. Hitchcock apparently liked working with Dietrich, however Dietrich thought he was kind of an oddball.
Even in a nothing picture like this, Hitchcock is still the master. He knew how to move the camera and compose interesting shots. The last 10 minutes of the film are the best as the police trap the murderer in a theater. Hitchcock really knows what he's doing, setting up a suspenseful situation through camera work and editing. This kind of film making is virtually forgotten.
Still, Stage Freight is just not a very compelling film and you have to sit through 100 minutes of quirky but not very funny British humor and meandering and confusing story telling.
110 minutes.
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