Foreign Correspondent (1940)

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7.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Starring (View all)

Joel McCrea
John Jones

Laraine Day
Carol Fisher

Herbert Marshall
Stephen Fisher

George Sanders
Scott ffolliott

Albert Bassermann
Van Meer

Robert Benchley
Stebbins

Edmund Gwenn
Rowley

Eduardo Ciannelli
Mr. Krug

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Charles Bennett
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Joan Harrison
(screenplay)

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A good movie

12 years, 12 months ago at May 4 13:15

johanlefourbe

Since I have always been a huge fan of Alfred Hitchock’s work, of course, I was really eager to check this flick . Eventually, it wasn’t one of his most famous movies and it was definitely not one of my favorite but it was still a pretty good picture. In fact, even though the plot was taking place in Great Britain, it was Hitchock’s 2nd Hollywood feature after ‘Rebecca’ and it was in fac... read more

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3 years, 11 months ago at May 22 16:28

fernando

(OK) Minor and long Hitch. Two greta episodes: the killing in the sea of umbrellas followed by the mill (Cameron Menzies in the set design) ant the final great airplane crash...

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Hitchcock's classic thriller stars Joel McCrea as Johnny Jones, a naïve New York reporter sent on assignment to Europe on the eve of World War II. Amidst the volatile atmosphere of the impending war, Jones stumbles on a deadly conspiracy devised by Stephen Fisher (Herbert Marshall), whose spy ring masquerades as a peace organization. Fisher's daughter Carol (Laraine Day) lends a hand as Jones races to expose the story -- and tries to stay alive.

Release date: 16 August 1940
UPC: 085393186227

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