Movie
Foreign Correspondent
Overview
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Details
- Release date
- 1940-08-16
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Walter Wanger Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joel McCrea as John Jones
- Laraine Day as Carol Fisher
- Herbert Marshall as Stephen Fisher
- George Sanders as Scott ffolliott
- Albert Bassermann as Van Meer
- Robert Benchley as Stebbins
- Edmund Gwenn as Rowley
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Mr. Krug
- Harry Davenport as Mr. Powers
- Martin Kosleck as Tramp
- Frances Carson as Mrs. Sprague
- Ian Wolfe as Stiles
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- Charles Bennett - Screenplay
- Joan Harrison - Screenplay
- Richard Maibaum - Screenplay
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