Rotten
The film is uncharacteristically rigid and pious for Hitchcock; it feels more like a work of duty than conviction.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Man Who Knew Too Much
A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!
1956 · 2h 1m · PG
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- James Stewart as Dr. Ben McKenna
- Doris Day as Jo McKenna
- Brenda De Banzie as Lucy Drayton
- Bernard Miles as Edward Drayton
- Ralph Truman as Buchanan
- Daniel Gélin as Louis Bernard
- Mogens Wieth as Ambassador
- Alan Mowbray as Val Parnell
- Hillary Brooke as Jan Peterson
- Reggie Nalder Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While drawing the footage out a bit long, he still keeps suspense working at all times and gets strong performances from the two stars and other cast members.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Starting slowly amid colourful but rather superfluous travelogue-style Moroccan footage, the film improves no end as it progresses.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Even in mammoth VistaVision, the old Hitchcock thriller-stuff has punch.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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