← Back to Movies

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Cast

James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles View All

Crew

Alfred Hitchcock (Director), John Michael Hayes (Screenplay), D.B. Wyndham-Lewis (Story) View All

Release: May 16th, 1956

Runtime: 2 hours

A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

Average Rating:

Replies Discussions

We didn't find any linked discussions for this film. Here are the results of a quick search of possibly related threads:

23 I Knew It... I was Right... I Knew It Was Crud...

This thread is for movies you knew were going to be crap before you saw them... or even a movie you hated before it even came out, regardless... Maybe you thought it'll be complete arse but watched ...

0 The Man who knew infinity

Has anyone seen it? I haven't, but it's about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, considered the greatest math genius of all time (with which I wholeheartedly agree, I love the guy) and hi...

7 Directors You Wish You Knew More About?

John Cassavetes He's not my favorite director, not my second favorite, but he was such an interesting man. There are a lot of fine documentaries about him, a few interviews as well. I read "Ca...

3 I wish I knew the title of this movie...

Movie is somewhere around 30 years old... A family is in an accident (in an RV?) deep in the woods/forest. The vehicle flips over and everybody dies except for a young boy (the son?). The boy is lef...

5 1959: A BIG YEAR Doris Day: I Hardly Knew You

In 1959, Doris Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with a series of romantic comedies, starting with Pillow Talk co-starring Rock Hudson, who became a lifelong friend. Day received...

Reviewed by

Citizen Rules
As the mystery deepens in the movie and the tension grows, Hitch included some lighter comic scenes to give the audience a chance to reset their emotions.

READ REVIEW

Gideon58
When he's not allowing the McKennas to tell the story, he lets his camera do it...I love in that final scene where Jo is singing at the embassy and the camera takes her voice up the several staircases, carrying Jo's voice to her son...classic Hitchcock.