Review of Foreign Correspondent (1940) by Alex W — 28 Jun 2014
Hitchcock is mostly know for his scary movies but this falls more into the adventure and misery category's similar to north by northwest. It still has a lot of the trademark tension in a few interesting scenarios, including a particularly tentious scene in a windmill.
I also found the plot to be much more believable and less dated then north by northwest. There is also a impressive plane crash sequence shown from the view from inside the plane. You definitely get the message that the makers of this film wanted america involved in the war.
Its also crazy to think that all this was in theaters right as London was first being bombed yet before pearl harbor. I also though that Laraine Day was great as the female lead and very pretty, she has some beautiful peirceing eyes.
Its a shame to see she didn't do many other films. This movie has one of my most hated old movie tropes where the 2 leads fall in love at the drop of a hat. Aside from that this is a good film but not great.
This review of Foreign Correspondent (1940) was written by Alex W on 28 Jun 2014.
Foreign Correspondent has generally received very positive reviews.
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