The Man Who Knew Too Much
 | Starring: Yves Brainville, Hillary Brooke, Naida Buckingham, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie Universal Studios, 1956, VHS Tape Customer Rating: 82 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of his own 1934 spy thriller is an exciting event in its own right, with several justifiably famous sequences. James Stewart and Doris Day play American tourists who discover more than they wanted to know about an assassination plot. When their son is kidnapped to keep them quiet, they are caught between concern for him and the terrible secret they hold. When asked about the difference between this version of the story and the one he made 22 years earlier, Hitchcock always said the first was the work of a talented amateur while the second was the act of a seasoned professional. Indeed, several extraordinary moments in this update represent consummate filmmaking, particularly a relentlessly exciting Albert Hall scene, with a blaring symphony, an assassin's gun, and Doris Day's scream. Along with Hitchcock's other films from the mid-1950s to 1960 (including Vertigo, Rear Window, and Psycho), The Man Who Knew Too Much is the work of a master in his prime. — Tom Keogh
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Sales Rank: 14438 in VHS
Actor: Yves Brainville, Hillary Brooke, Naida Buckingham, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie
Studio: Universal Studios, 1999-08-03, Theatrical Release: 1956-06-01
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 120 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches, 0.38 pounds
- Riviting from beginning to end........never a dull moment!
- There is nothing negative to say about this movie. You will enjoy it from the start to the finish and then you may just want to watch it again.....and again! It's one of my all-time favorite movies!… More reviews
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- `Good, not great Hitchcock film is a colorized version of his 1934 production. The picyure starts slowly, giving the viewer the impression of a real stinker to follow. Just the opposite is true. Stewart, Day, and son Hank are vacationing in Morocco when a French undercover agent is knifed in a public square. His dying words to Stewart tell of a secret plot to kill the… More reviews
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