Movie
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Overview
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
Details
- Release date
- 1934-12-09
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Leslie Banks as Bob Lawrence
- Edna Best as Jill Lawrence
- Peter Lorre as Abbott
- Frank Vosper as Ramon Levine
- Hugh Wakefield as Clive
- Nova Pilbeam as Betty Lawrence
- Pierre Fresnay as Louis Bernard
- Cicely Oates as Nurse Agnes
- D.A. Clarke-Smith as Binstead
- George Curzon as Gibson
- Frank Atkinson as Policeman Shot Behind Mattress (uncredited)
- Betty Baskcomb as Lawrence's Maid (uncredited)
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- D.B. Wyndham-Lewis - Writer
- Charles Bennett - Writer
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