The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

7.5	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Starring (View all)

James Stewart

Dr. Benjamin McKenna

Doris Day

Josephine Conway McKenna

Lucy Drayton

Edward Drayton

Inspector Buchanan

Louis Bernard

Ambassador

Val Parnell

Written by (View all)

John Michael Hayes

(screenplay)

Charles Bennett

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A classic

3 months, 1 week ago at Feb 14 3:09

johanlefourbe

Since I’m huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock, I was really eager to check this flick. To be honest, I haven’t seen (yet) the first version but apparently this remake is better. First of all, in my opinion, it is one of the coolest movie titles ever but, unfortunately, even though this title made me expect a spellbinding mystery, the whole thing didn’t really blow me away eventually. I mean, it was... read more

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Description: James Stewart and Doris Day give magnificent performances as Ben and Jo McKenna, an American couple vacationing in Morocco, whose son is kidnapped and taken to England. Caught up in international espionage, the McKennas' lives hang in the balance as they race to save their son in the chilling, climatic showdown in London's famous Roya ... (more)

Release date : 1 June 1956
UPC: 025192041921

Thriller (19), 1950s (14), Remake (10), Kidnapping (9), Mystery (8), Drama (8), Assassination (8), 1956 (7), Suspense (7), Morocco (6), Tourist (5), Church (5), Conspiracy (5), Usa (4), American (4), Spy (4), Muslim (4), Espionage (4), Interrogation (3), Royal Albert Hall (3)

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A classic

“Since I’m huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock, I was really eager to check this flick. To be honest, I haven’t seen (yet) the first version but apparently this remake is better. First of all, in my opinion, it is one of the coolest movie titles ever but, unfortunately, even though this title made me expect a spellbinding mystery, the whole thing didn’t really blow me away eventually. I mean, it was a solid mystery but with a similar plot, I thought that ‘North by Northwest’ was 10 times better (a regular guy gets involved in some conspiracy) . I don’t know, James Stewart and Doris Day were both fine but their characters were rather bland and not really interesting in my opinion. Even though I have most respect for James Stewart, I always preferred the Cary Grant’s characters in Hitc” read more

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"1/21/13 I haven't seen the 1934 film w/ Peter Lorre but this one is great! I do know that the earlier film was British-made but Hitchcock directed both. Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day are wonderful in these roles and I can't imagine the earlier one actually being better. The Man (of the title), Stewart's character, is a doctor who -along with wife, Day, and son - are vacationing in Morocco and mistaken for spies. Numerous twists and turns, combined with foul play follow and it's more than enough "