The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934, Mystery and thriller, 1h 15m
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Bob Lawrence
Abbott
Jill Lawrence
Ramon
Clive
Betty Lawrence
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Critic Reviews for The Man Who Knew Too Much
All Critics (35) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (4)
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The story is told in sharp, abbreviated sequences gathering speed steadily toward their explosive climax, makes The Man Who Knew Too Much one of the neatest melodramas of the year.
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This is a suberbly structured thriller whose excellence is aided and abetted by a spirited cast.
March 27, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
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.
March 27, 2009 | Full Review… -
An unusually fine dramatic story handled excellently from a production standpoint.
March 26, 2009 | Full Review… -
Directed with a fascinating staccato violence by Alfred Hitchcock, it is the swiftest screen melodrama this column can recall.
August 8, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Vintage Hitchcock, with sheer wit and verve masking an implausible plot.
June 24, 2006
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Jul 07, 2018Thoroughly English in DNA and execution, this early Hitchcock presents a unusual couple who find themselves embroiled into some kind of mysterious and insidious spy plot. Peter Lorre is our Germanic bad guy whose politeness comes and goes erratically and is truly menacing for that. The set-up for the action involved is as questionable as it comes, but the payoff, a gunfight in downtown London, is worth the price of admission alone. As well, this work, along with Jamaica Inn, cements my growing suspicion that Hitch's best was his earlier stuff.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Dec 29, 2016In Hitchcock's 'British' version of the film made two decades before the one with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day, it's the villains who are really well cast, with Peter Lorre and Cicely Oates turning in deliciously creepy performances. And there are some really nice touches here - the scene in the dentist's chair (who doesn't squirm at least a little seeing that setting, with those tools), a shot of Oates through bleary, hypnotized eyes, and of course the scene in the Royal Albert Hall, where suspense builds with an imminent assassination. It's nice that the film is to the point at 75 minutes, but it's a little awkward in the first part of the film, there are some odd plot points, and the shootout at the end is tediously long (it's telling that Hitchcock would omit that in the 1956 version). It's worth watching but certainly not a classic.Antonius B Super Reviewer
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Jun 16, 2014Boy how Peter Lorre creep the shit out of me with his faceCita W Super Reviewer
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Aug 13, 2012An early Hitchcock that has a good story, but too many cliches.Dillon L Super Reviewer
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