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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) -- A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) -- A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering.

Overview

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Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers:
John Michael Hayes (screenplay)
Charles Bennett (story) ...
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Release Date:
1 June 1956 (USA) more
Tagline:
A little knowledge can be a deadly thing! more
Plot:
A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Great Hitchcock suspense more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Stewart ... Dr. Benjamin 'Ben' McKenna

Doris Day ... Josephine Conway 'Jo' McKenna
Brenda De Banzie ... Lucy Drayton (as Brenda de Banzie)
Bernard Miles ... Edward Drayton
Ralph Truman ... Inspector Buchanan
Daniel Gélin ... Louis Bernard (as Daniel Gelin)
Mogens Wieth ... Ambassador
Alan Mowbray ... Val Parnell
Hillary Brooke ... Jan Peterson
Christopher Olsen ... Henry 'Hank' McKenna
Reggie Nalder ... Rien
Richard Wattis ... Assistant Manager
Noel Willman ... Woburn
Alix Talton ... Helen Parnell
Yves Brainville ... Police Inspector
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'homme qui en savait trop (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Der Mann, der zuviel wußte (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
El hombre que sabía demasiado (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Mannen som visste för mycket (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
O Homem Que Sabia Demais (Brazil) (Portugal) (original subtitled version) [pt]
Covjek koji je previse znao (Croatia) (DVD title) [hr]
Czlowiek, który wiedzial za duzo (Poland) [pl]
De man die te veel wist (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
En manos del destino (Argentina) (alternative title) [es]
Ha-Ish sh'Yada Yoter Me'dye (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
L'uomo che sapeva troppo (Italy) [it]
Manden der vidste for meget (Denmark) [da]
Mannen som visste for meget (Norway) [no]
Mannen utanför lagen (Sweden) [sv]
Mies joka tiesi liikaa (Finland) [fi]
O anthropos pou gnorize polla (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French | Arabic
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.50 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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Trivia:
Director Trademark: [Alfred Hitchcock] [stairs]Big scene on the stairs at the end. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Although the assassin and the ambassador are seated in the same tier of boxes, the assassin's view of his target through the opera glasses is from below and not across. more
Quotes:
Jo McKenna: So, what do you do?
Louis Bernard: I buy and sell.
Jo McKenna: I see. And what do you buy and sell?
Louis Bernard: Whatever gives the most profit.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Empty Nest: The Dog Who Knew Too Much (#3.17)" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Whatever Will Be more

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How did Jo and Ben know to go to Albert Hall?
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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Hitchcock suspense, 12 October 2000
9/10
Author: nikodemus

I put this second version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" to my Top 10 Hitchcock movies. Together with "Frenzy", it's probably the most argued film among the fans of Hitchcock. I consider it far better than, say, "Rebecca", which has gained unreasonably much appreciation.

The film contains many ingenious scenes (most of them have been mentioned in other reviews), but that's something to be expected from Hitchcock. It takes almost half an hour until things really start to happen, but that time is used for preparing the following happenings, which are full of intriguing suspense.

If you can ignore the clumsy rear projections, the only weakness of this film is the main villain, played by Bernard Miles, who is a rather flat and undeveloped character. Luckily, there is a creepy assassin in the form of Reggie Nalder. And Hank, the little boy, isn't as irritating as most kids in old movies.

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