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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)

The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Original film poster
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes
Uncredited:
Angus MacPhail
Based on story by
Charles Bennett
D. B. Wyndham-Lewis
Starring James Stewart
Doris Day
Bernard Miles
Christopher Olsen
Daniel Gelin
Reggie Nalder
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography Robert Burks
Edited by George Tomasini
Production
company
Filwite Productions, Inc.
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
(1956-1983)
Universal Pictures
(1983-present)
Release date
  • June 1, 1956 (1956-06-01) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1.2 million
Box office $11.3 million

The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1956 film noir suspense thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. The film is a somewhat altered remake in widescreen VistaVision and Technicolor of Hitchcock's 1934 film of the same name.

In the book-length interview Hitchcock/Truffaut (1967), in response to fellow filmmaker François Truffaut's assertion that aspects of the remake were by far superior, Hitchcock replied "Let's say the first version is the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional."

The film won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", sung by Doris Day. It premiered at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, on April 29.

An American family—Dr. Benjamin "Ben" McKenna (James Stewart), his wife, popular singer Josephine Conway "Jo" McKenna (Doris Day), and their son Henry "Hank" McKenna (Christopher Olsen)—are vacationing in Morocco. Traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh, they meet Frenchman Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin). He seems friendly, but Jo is suspicious of his many questions and evasive answers.

Louis offers to take the McKennas out to dinner, but cancels when a sinister-looking man knocks at the McKennas' hotel-room door. Later, at a local restaurant, the McKennas meet friendly English couple Lucy (Brenda De Banzie) and Edward Drayton (Bernard Miles). The McKennas are surprised to see Bernard arrive and sit at another table, apparently ignoring them.


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