Review of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) by Luke P — 08 Feb 2008
A rare case of a director remaking his own film, Alfred Hitchcock jumped at the chance to turn his small British thriller from 1934 into a colour, big budget American production with star names on the marquee (James Stewart, Doris Day).
In truth, the two films are very similar. The only vast difference is changing the opening setting from Switzerland to Marrakesh, although you can definitely see an improvement in Hitch's film-making skills in the 22 years between the films.
The film itself is a taut, well-paced thriller, with excellent performances from James Stewart (as expected) and Doris Day (highly surprising, primarily known as a singer/comedienne at that point), humorous comic interludes, all leading up to a big finale in the Royal Albert Hall.
Excellently thrilling stuff from the big man.
This review of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) was written by Luke P on 08 Feb 2008.
The Man Who Knew Too Much has generally received very positive reviews.
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