The Man Who Knew Too Much
by Alfred Hitchcock
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Actor: Bernard Miles, Brenda De Banzie, Doris Day, James Stewart, Ralph TrumanDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Herbert Coleman
Writer: Angus MacPhail
Writer: Charles Bennett
Writer: D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Writer: John Michael Hayes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie Review: One of Hitchcock's best!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
James Stewart and Doris Day star in this very entertaining and suspenseful thriller from Alfred Hitchcock that is a remake of his 1934 film with Peter Lorre.
James Stewart plays Ben MacKenna, a Doctor from Indianapolis and Doris Day plays Jo Mackenna who are on vacation on Marrakech ,Morocco after spending a special Doctor's meeting in London. They have a boy called Hank MacKenna ,played by Christopher Olsen who for a young age, acts pretty well in the movie. They take a bus to Marrakech, when by accident ,their son Hank accidentaly removes the veil of a Muslim woman whose husband is very upset.
As you may know Muslim woman wear veils on their faces because they don't have as much rights as they do men, and they are seen as mostly servants in these countries.
An arabic man called Louis Bernard who sees the situation, intervenes and explains to the man that it was an accident.
As a sign of gratitude, Ben and Jo invite Mr. Bernard for dinner and become friends with him.
On their vacation of Marrakech, Ben and Jo meet an elderly couple called the Drayton's who seem like nice people. Afterwards they offer to babysit Hank while Ben and Jo go to the outdoor markets. As Ben and JO are on the outdoor markets, they witness a crime in progress. A man stabbed in the back comes to Ben and as Ben looks closer at this man , he says that it is his good friend Louis Bernard.
Before Louis dies, he whispers into Ben's ear "A stateman's shall be killed, you must go to London to Ambrose Chappel". Soon the Marrakech/French police question Ben and Ben learns that his friend Louis is actually an FBI agent who was investigating an attempt to kill the Prime Minister.
The FBI aren't very helpful as they think Ben knows more than he's letting on. As Ben and Jo go home they learn that the Drayton's have left their hotel and Hank
is nowhere to be found.
As Ben becomes worried (who wouldn't be after their son gets kidnapped) he gets a phone call from the Drayton's saying that Hank is ok,but that he should keep
his mouth shut if he ever wants to see his son again.
Instead of telling the police/FBI about this turn of events Ben and Jo go to London and try to find out where they're son is on they're on.
Relying back to what Louis told him before Ben and Jo search for Ambrose Chappel.
In a comical scene, Ben thinks he has found Chappel but it is not. In fact with the help of Josephine's friend ,he learns that Chappel is a church not a person.
Ben goes to the church and just as he gets close to getting his son, he is knocked out senseless. Without giving the good parts of the movie (there is plenty), Hitchcock being the "Master of Suspense", provides
so many twists and turns that you never know what's going to happen until the end of the film.
The movie itself is best well known for Doris Day's singing of "Que Sera, Sera" which won the Academy Award for best song in this picture and elevated Doris Day
into not only a good actress but a good singer as well.
The DVD is full of bonuses:
Biographies of Doris Day, James Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock.
Trailers for other Hitchcock classics like "The Birds", "Rope", "Rear Window"
and many more in widescreen format.
A documentary on the making of the movie.
Probably the best, personal production photographs during the making of the film, accompanied by tunes of the film.
There is even a DVD Rom for DVD players for the pc, which include more bonuses including sound clips and more interactive menus.
A nicely done DVD by Universal Pictures.
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