The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Plot Summary - IMDb.
Bob Lawrence and his crack-shot wife, Jill are holidaying in Switzerland when their French friend, Louis Bernard is gunned down, warning them, with his dying breath, of an imminent diplomatic assassination. To ensure the couple's silence, the conspirators kidnap their daughter.
The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1956 American suspense thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. The film is Hitchcock's second film using this title following his own 1934 film of the same name featuring a significantly different plot and script.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Hitchcock's cameo Hitchcock's cameo in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) occurs about 26 minutes into the film. As the McKenna's watch the acrobats, Hitchcock appears at the left. The scene is clearly being staged in the studio with rear projection.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Michael Wood is a free NetGalley ebook that I began reading at school in mid-March. Having worked my way through a recent boxed set, The Girl, and, just last month, The Lady Vanishes.
The debate still rages as to whether Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much is superior to his own original 1934 version. This two-hour remake (45 minutes longer than the first.
The Man Who Knew Too Much is one of the few British Hitchcocks based on an original story rather than an existing play or novel. Hitch had bought the film rights to some tales in the eponymous 1922 short story collection by G. K. Chesterton ( Gutenberg, Internet Archive ), but in the end only used its title.
Lorre and Hitchcock shared an unusual sense of humour, and the partnership was repeated in Secret Agent (1936). The Man Who Knew Too Much was a spectacular success, rescuing Hitchcock from a difficult period in which he struggled to find the right projects to match his talent. Afterwards, he increasingly associated himself with the crime genre.
The man who knew too much is about a man who enjoyed showing off his extensive knowledge.
Hitchcock signed with Gaumont-British in 1934, and his first film for that company, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), was also his first international success. Leslie Banks and Edna Best star as the Lawrences, a married couple on vacation in Switzerland with their daughter Betty (Nova Pilbeam).
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956) is a film with some great thriller and mystery elements. This is a remake of a film that Alfred Hitchcock made in England in 1934 with the same name, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934), in my opinion, the storyline is much more detailed than the original.
Alfred Hitchcock made quite a few remakes of his earlier films- for Saboteur see North by Northwest for example- but in film title he only did it once. And that was this 1954 effort The Man who Knew too Much. James Stewart and Doris Day shine here as a wealthy travelling American family in Morocco whose son is kidnapped. Let the adventure begin.
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), was his first film for Gaumont British studios, which gave him more freedom to try out his ideas. Although his directorial resume had started in the silent era and already included twenty films, it was with this effort that he began to display the extraordinary narrative vitality that was to make him famous.
Hitchcock came to international attention in the mid- to late '30s with The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), and, most notably, The Lady Vanishes (1938).
