The Man Who Knew Too Much
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Critics Sentiment
Jo screams to prevent assassination during cymbal crash at concert
McKenna family meets Louis Bernard on bus to Marrakesh
The film transforms from slow character development to masterful suspense when Bernard's murder occurs, jumping from a modest 7.2 to 8.5 as the thriller elements take hold.
Critics found this Hitchcock remake a professionally crafted but uneven thriller that starts slowly with overlong setup sequences before building to genuinely masterful suspense. The Albert Hall assassination sequence earned universal acclaim as a wordless masterpiece, while Day and Stewart's emotional scenes, particularly the sedation sequence, drew widespread praise for their performances.
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James Stewart
Ben McKenna
Doris Day
Jo McKenna
Brenda De Banzie
Lucy Drayton
Bernard Miles
Edward Drayton
Ralph Truman
Buchanan
Daniel Gélin
Louis Bernard
Mogens Wieth
Ambassador
Alan Mowbray
Val Parnell
Hillary Brooke
Jan Peterson
Christopher Olsen
Hank McKenna
Reggie Nalder
Rien
Richard Wattis
Assistant Manager
Noel Willman
Woburn
Alix Talton
Helen Parnell
Yves Brainville
Police Inspector
Carolyn Jones
Cindy Fontaine
Bernard Herrmann
Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited)
Patrick Aherne
Handyman (uncredited)
Frank Albertson
Taxidermist (uncredited)
Frank Atkinson
Edgar (uncredited)
Crew
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