The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Release date: 1956-06-01
Country: USA
Language: English|Arabic|French
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Filwite Productions
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: 7.5/10
Length: 2h

Storyline

While in London, for a medical convention, Dr Ben McKenna, his wife, Jo, a former singer, and their teenage son, Hank decide to take a quick trip to Marrakesh. Whilst there, hanks kidnapped by a British couple. A man, who the McKenna's had met the same day, is stabbed, in front of them, but before he dies, he tells Ben there's a plan to assassinate on a politician. Fearing for his son's safety, the McKenna's don't tell this to the police. As the he clock grows ever closer - to the l both the speed time of the assassination, and to dealt find Hank, the tension ratches up.

Plot Keywords

assassination, inter cultural, kidnapping, child in peril, husband wife relationship, chapel, sniper, remake by original director, morocco, concert, contemporary setting, whistling, veil, stabbed in the back, singing, shooting, sedative, scream, rescue, family relationships

Short Review

Instead of using music as a background for action, Hitchcock moves it up front... The chief drawback of these musical stage-waits is that they allow the audience to think back over the story and conclude that it doesn't make much sense.