The Man Who Knew Too Much PG
A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!
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- The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Theatrical Trailer
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 7, 2006
- Originally Released: 1956
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | James Stewart & Doris Day | |
Performer: | Christopher Olsen, Richard Wattis, Daniel Gélin, Bernard Miles, Brenda de Banzie, Noel Willman & Reggie Nalder | |
Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Edited by | George Tomasini & Luigi Tomasini | |
Screenwriting by | John Michael Hayes & Angus MacPhail | |
Composition by | Bernard Herrmann | |
Art Direction by | Henry Bumstead & Hal Pereira | |
Story by | Charles Bennett & D.B. Wyndham-Lewis | |
Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Director of Photography: | Richard Mueller |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1956 -
Best Original Song: Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
Entertainment Reviews:
Even in mammoth VistaVision, the old Hitchcock thriller-stuff has punch.
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New York Times
This version lacks some of the economy of the first, and, unusually for Hitchcock, it sags in the middle. Fortunately, there's a marked improvement as it reaches the last third.
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Film4
Starting slowly amid colourful but rather superfluous travelogue-style Moroccan footage, the film improves no end as it progresses.
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Time Out
Rating: 3/4 --
...a decent thriller that's ultimately saved by its stellar performances and absolutely enthralling last act.
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Reel Film Reviews
Rating: 4/5 --
Making marvellous use of settings and locations, Hitchcock treats the viewer to superbly choreographed set-pieces.
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Total Film
The film is uncharacteristically rigid and pious for Hitchcock; it feels more like a work of duty than conviction.
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Chicago Reader
While drawing the footage out a bit long, he still keeps suspense working at all times and gets strong performances from the two stars and other cast members.
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Variety
Description by OLDIES.com:
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, climactic showdown in London's famous Royal Albert Hall.
Product Description:
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH is Alfred Hitchcock's remake of his 1935 movie of the same name. While vacationing in French Morocco, an American family becomes accidentally involved in a series of international incidents after the father overhears an assassination plot. Compared with its predecessor, this version is lavish, with a larger budget and a much bigger cast. While maintaining Hitchcock's fascination with an average Joe caught up in menacing events, the characters portrayed by Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day put a spin on the story that highlights the 1950s sensibilities that influenced the remake.
Ben McKenna (Stewart), an American doctor, and his family stumble into the middle of an assassination plot while vacationing in Marrakech. When his son is kidnapped by the conspirators, McKenna must race against the clock to stop the murder and save his son's life. Stewart, as one might expect, gives a seamless performance as the average man thrown into exceptional circumstances. Day brings a bit of levity and performs the only musical number to appear in a Hitchcock film. (The song, "Que Sera, Sera," would win an Oscar and become a popular hit.) This later version of Hitchcock's suspenseful film also features the masterful Albert Hall sequence, arguably almost the equal of the renowned plane sequence in NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
Ben McKenna (Stewart), an American doctor, and his family stumble into the middle of an assassination plot while vacationing in Marrakech. When his son is kidnapped by the conspirators, McKenna must race against the clock to stop the murder and save his son's life. Stewart, as one might expect, gives a seamless performance as the average man thrown into exceptional circumstances. Day brings a bit of levity and performs the only musical number to appear in a Hitchcock film. (The song, "Que Sera, Sera," would win an Oscar and become a popular hit.) This later version of Hitchcock's suspenseful film also features the masterful Albert Hall sequence, arguably almost the equal of the renowned plane sequence in NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
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- Sales Rank: 7,955
- UPC: 025192830723
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