Chase A Crooked Shadow (1958)

Chase A Crooked Shadow (1958) is a paranoid woman assumed identity deceit and fleecing meticulous murder chamber drama British film noir with subverting notions of expectation as well as dark and shadowy double-play and in this case situated on coastal Spain, starring Anne Baxter as a typically doubting covers-gripping shocked and terrified femme indoors, with a special twist, and a great cast of Alexander Knox, Herbert Lom, Richard Todd and Faith Brook.

Michael Anderson's 1958 suspense thriller Chase a Crooked Shadow is a taut chamber drama that simultaneously flaunts its artificiality and derives power from its formal claustrophobia. Conceived as a British answer to the Hitchcockian mystery, the film cloaks its familiar conceit in an elegant mise-en-scène and haunting moral ambiguity. 

Stage Fright (1950)

Stage Fright (1950) is an Alfred Hitchcock British female seeker hero theatre-land murder mystery starring Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Alistair Sim and wow yes fans, it is Marlene Dietrich.

After the triumphs of his American films, Alfred Hitchcock returned to his roots with Stage Fright (1950), set largely in the theatrical world of post-war London. Based on Selwyn Jepson’s novel Man Running, the project marked Hitchcock’s attempt to merge his fascination with the stage with his penchant for suspense. The screenplay, adapted by his wife Alma and playwright James Bridie, promised a compelling tale of murder, deception, and performance, but the resulting film revealed both creative successes and notable flaws.