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The Man Who Knew Too Much

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

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Summary

Thriller starring James Stewart and Doris Day. Dr and Mrs Ben McKenna's touring holiday of North Africa is rudely interrupted when a passing acquaintance dies in their arms - stabbed in the back. While the local police are questioning the couple, they learn that their son Hank has been kidnapped.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Alfred Hitchcock once told François Truffaut that his 1934 version of this exciting thriller - about a family innocently involved in an assassination plot - was "the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional". There's no doubt that this colour remake is technically more accomplished, while the deft tinkering with the finale adds considerably to the suspense. But not all of the additional 45 minutes are as well spent. Que Sera, Sera might have won the Oscar for best song, but its inclusion was solely to mollify Doris Day fans and the storytelling is occasionally over-deliberate. Nevertheless, James Stewart is superb as the fretting father and Bernard Miles and Brenda de Banzie make for admirable adversaries.

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7.4/10

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rolenameDr Ben McKennaJames StewartJo McKennaDoris DayMr DraytonBernard MilesMrs DraytonBrenda de BanzieBuchananRalph TrumanLouis BernardDaniel GélinRien, the assassinReggie NalderAmbassadorMogens WiethVal ParnellAlan MowbrayJan PetersonHillary BrookeHank McKennaChristopher OlsenPolice inspectorYves BrainvilleAssistant managerRichard WattisWoburnNoel WillmanCindy FontaineCarolyn JonesChauffeurLeo GordonAmbrose Chappell JrRichard Wordsworth

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rolenameDirectorAlfred Hitchcock

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English | Arabic | French

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video, DVD and Blu-ray

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Colour

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