The Man Who Knew Too Much (Blu-ray) PG

A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!
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  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 2 hours
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 1, 2013
  • Originally Released: 1956
  • Label: Universal Studios

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1956 - Best Original Song: Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

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Rating: 4/4 -- Hitchcock's scenes are beautifully framed and tautly directed. Full Review
TV Guide
Mar 27, 2009
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. Full Review
Variety
Mar 26, 2009
Rating: 3/4 -- ...a decent thriller that's ultimately saved by its stellar performances and absolutely enthralling last act. Full Review
Reel Film Reviews
Mar 24, 2014
It's like a long novel that could be tightened, yet many would prefer it as it is. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
Jun 5, 2018
The film is uncharacteristically rigid and pious for Hitchcock; it feels more like a work of duty than conviction. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Mar 27, 2009
Starting slowly amid colourful but rather superfluous travelogue-style Moroccan footage, the film improves no end as it progresses. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
Rating: 4/5 -- Making marvellous use of settings and locations, Hitchcock treats the viewer to superbly choreographed set-pieces. Full Review
Total Film
Jul 29, 2014

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.

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