The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

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7.4	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

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James Stewart
Dr. Benjamin McKenna

Doris Day
Josephine Conway McKenna

Brenda De Banzie
Lucy Drayton

Bernard Miles
Edward Drayton

Ralph Truman
Inspector Buchanan, Special Branch

Daniel Gélin
Louis Bernard

Mogens Wieth
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Alan Mowbray
Val Parnell

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John Michael Hayes
(screenplay)

Charles Bennett

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A classic

11 years, 8 months ago at Feb 14 9:09

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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4 years, 2 months ago at Aug 13 19:01

fernando

(OK) Hitch deviates, variates, amuses, making a 2nd version with change of places and functions of characters, specially casting Doris. Stewart prepares for his next collaborations...

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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 Royal Albert Hall.

Release date: 1 June 1956
UPC: 025192041921

Tags: Thriller (24), 1950s (17), Drama (12), Mystery (10), Remake (10), 1956 (10), Kidnapping (9), Suspense (8), Morocco (8), Conspiracy (6), Church (6), Tourist (6), Spy (5), Espionage (5), Usa (5), American (5), Muslim (4), Royal Albert Hall (4), Concert (3)

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"14.4. 2024 Just like all those greatest masterpieces we are all very familiar with, also "The Man Who Knew Too Much" works as a pleasant entertainment film, but it doesn't suffer from the lack of thought-provoking content. The movie title is literal: an American doctor Benjamin McKenna ends up in the middle of mischievous plot because he simply knows too much. The doctor and his family, wife Josephine and son Hank, are just innocently vacationing in Morocco while a mysterious man they met befo"

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