Review of Foreign Correspondent (1940) by Melissa M — 26 Nov 2010
Hitchcock's second U.S. film after Rebecca has a lot of the wit and charm of his British Gaumont period but with the technical polish only Hollywood money could achieve. Joel McCrea is stiff and kind of dull, which is typical for him, but it works playing as the boorish American beat reporter mixing with genteel Europeans.
Laraine Day is not as sassy or coquettish as many other Hitchcock leading ladies and, uncharacteristically for Hitch, the interplay between his two leads is surprisingly prudish, which possibly tells you a lot about the sober nature of the times during which the film was made.
George Sanders was his usually awesome self. The plane crash sequence is extraordinary for its time. This is one of the best of the early war propaganda pitches to an isolationist America to get off their duffs and into the war.
Even Joseph Goebbels thought so.
This review of Foreign Correspondent (1940) was written by Melissa M on 26 Nov 2010.
Foreign Correspondent has generally received very positive reviews.
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