This is a suberbly structured thriller whose excellence is aided and abetted by a spirited cast.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:18
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Hitchcock's first version of this dramatic and complex tale of espionage, kidnapping, and family relationships. When a father intercepts a secret message of a murdered man, his daughter is... Hitchcock's first version of this dramatic and complex tale of espionage, kidnapping, and family relationships. When a father intercepts a secret message of a murdered man, his daughter is subsequently kidnapped. Soon he and his wife -- a world-class sharpshooter -- become entangled with gangsters, cops, and murderers, as they struggle to understand and foil a nefarious plot. [More]
Starring: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam
Starring: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam, Hugh Wakefield, Pierre Fresnay, George Curzon, Henry Oscar, Emlyn Williams
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Michael Balcon
Composer: Arthur Benjamin
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Reviews for The Man Who Knew Too Much
Although the film is fast and consistently clever, it is more deeply flawed than any other Hitchcock film of the period, failing to find a thematic connection between its imaginative set pieces.
An unusually fine dramatic story handled excellently from a production standpoint.
Directed with a fascinating staccato violence by Alfred Hitchcock, it is the swiftest screen melodrama this column can recall.
Vintage Hitchcock, with sheer wit and verve masking an implausible plot.
Ainda refinando as técnicas que passaria a dominar com perfeição, Hitchcock cria um filme divertido, mas obviamente falho.
Full of suspense, hijinks and that particular brand of gallows humour that can only be described as 'Hitchcockian'.
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