Movie
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-05-16
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Stewart as 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
- Christopher Olsen as Hank McKenna
- Reggie Nalder as Rien
- Richard Wattis as Assistant Manager
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- John Michael Hayes - Screenplay
- D.B. Wyndham-Lewis - Story
- Charles Bennett - Story
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