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.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:2
Rotten:1
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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
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.
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