Le Grand Alibi

Une intrigue modérément jouée, où l'on ne s'ennuie pas une seconde, mais dont le dénouement final fonctionne un peu au ralenti. En comparaison aux meilleurs films d'Alfred Hitchcock, "Stage Fright" est réalisé de manière adéquate, mais dans le genre et pour son époque, il est juste au-dessus de la moyenne. Une performance agréable de l'actrice Jane Wyman. Marlene Dietrich est un peu trop affectée. (12/11/2003)

This film was literally "made" by two songs performed by Marlene Dietrich, "The Laziest Gal in Town" (lyrics by Cole Potter) and "La vie en rose" (lyrics by Édith Piaf), whether you like it or not. Hitchcock's films are by no means just imbued with only his personality. Or those unreliable narrator-type improvements. But even in her day, it was mistakenly hoped that Jane Wyman could make it alongside Marlene. Well, that was a naive idea. It's not 'cause I wouldn't / It's not 'cause I shouldn't, honey / And, you know, that it's not 'cause I couldn't / It's simply because I'm the laziest gal in town... (13/02/2009)

This film is at times too convoluted for my taste, and I think it's also a bit longer than necessary, but it's still fun and the surprise ending is really impressive. An amazing Marlene Dietrich and an excellent score (if I didn't know it was composed by Leighton Lucas, I would have guessed early Bernard Herrmann). (11/02/2017)