Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Genre: Thriller/
Drama/ Crime/ Adventure
Runtime: 120
minutes
Year: 1956
Starring: James
Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Danel GĂ©lin,
Mogens Wieth, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Christopher Olsen, Reggie Nalder,
Richard Wattis, Noel Willman, Alix Talton, Yves Brainville
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2021 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 42: A MOVIE FROM THE YEAR YOUR MOTHER WAS BORN
Description: A tale of
innocent American tourists (James Stewart, Doris Day) in Morocco whose son’s
kidnapping sets off a twisting plot of international intrigue.
Review: American surgeon Benjamin McKenna is on vacation in Morocco with his wife
Josephine and their young son Hank. On the bus, on their way to Marrakech, they
meet Frenchman Louis Bernard. He tells the family about traditions of Morocco
and inquires about what McKenna is up to. The next day they meet Bernard again,
at the market, but he has a knife in his back. Just before he dies, Bernard
whisper some words to McKenna. He is called to account by the police, but McKenna
doesn’t trust it and keeps his mouth shut. When son Hank is kidnapped it is clear
that there is much more going on and McKenna and his wife find themselves in a world
of intrigue and conspiracy, which brings them to London.
Master of suspense, Alfred
Hitchcock, made two versions of “The Man Who Knew Too Much” in his career. In
1934 a version starring Leslie Banks and again in 1956 with James Stewart. Both
films tell the same story, but in Hitchcock’s own works they were the work of a
talented amateur and, the second, of a
professional. Neither rank among Hitchcock’s best, but neither are they bad.
“The Man Who Knew Too Much”
is a suspenseful thriller, the genre he does best. He works from the point of
view of ordinary people, who find themselves in situations they didn’t want to
be in at all, yet are determined to get to the bottom of things.
Hitchcock didn’t get along
with every actor he worked with, but had no problem with James Stewart, who
frequently appeared in his films. And Stewart again gives an excellent
performance.
I did enjoy this thriller,
again not one of Hitchcock’s best, but definitely worth watching.
Rating: 3,5/
5
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