Foreign Correspondent (film)
| Foreign Correspondent | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger |
| Written by |
|
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on |
Personal History 1935 novel by Vincent Sheean |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
|
Production
company |
Walter Wanger Productions
|
| Distributed by | United Artists |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,484,167 |
| Box office | $1,598,435 |
Foreign Correspondent (a.k.a. Imposter and Personal History) is a 1940 American spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies in Britain who are involved in a fictional continent-wide conspiracy in the prelude to World War II. It stars Joel McCrea and features 19-year old Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, and Robert Benchley, along with Edmund Gwenn.
Foreign Correspondent was Hitchcock's second Hollywood production after leaving the United Kingdom in 1939 (the first was Rebecca) and had an unusually large number of writers: Robert Benchley, Charles Bennett, Harold Clurman, Joan Harrison, Ben Hecht, James Hilton, John Howard Lawson, John Lee Mahin, Richard Maibaum, and Budd Schulberg, with Bennett, Benchley, Harrison, and Hilton the only writers credited in the finished film. It was based on Vincent Sheean's political memoir Personal History (1935), the rights to which were purchased by producer Walter Wanger for $10,000.
...
Wikipedia