The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

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NR | 2 hr | Thriller, Remake | Released: 6/1/1956

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Synopsis:

Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife Jo and their son Hank are on a touring holiday of Africa when they meet the mysterious Louis Bernard on a bus. The next day Bernard is murdered in the local marketplace, but before he dies he manages to reveal details of an assassination about to take place in London. Fearing that their plot will be revealed, the assassins kidnap Hank in order to keep the McKenna's silent. Ben and Jo go to London and take matters into their own hands.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/1/1956

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Alfred Hitchcock	Director
Cast	Credit
James Stewart	Dr Ben McKenna
Doris Day	Jo McKenna
Brenda de Banzie	Mrs Drayton
Bernard Miles	Mr Drayton
Ralph Truman	Buchanan
Daniel Gelin	Louis Bernard
Mogens Wieth	Ambassador
Alan Mowbray	Val Parnell
Hillary Brooke	Jan Peterson
Christopher Olsen	Hank McKenna
Reggie Nalder	Rien--the Assassin
Richard Wattis	Assistant Manager
Noel Willman	Woburn
Alix Talton	Helen Parnell
Carolyn Jones	Cindy Fontaine
Yves Brainville	Police Inspector
Leo Gordon	Chauffeur
Abdelhaq Chraibi	Arab
Lou Krugman	Arab
Betty Bascomb	Edna
Patrick Aherne	English Handyman
Louis Mercier	French Policeman
Anthony Warde	French Policeman
Lewis Martin	Detective
Gladys Holland	Bernard's Girlfriend
John O'Malley	Uniformed Attendant
Peter Camlin	Head Waiter
Albert Carrier	French Policeman
Ralph Heff	Henchman
John Marshall	Butler
Eric Snowden	Special Branch Officer
Edward Manouk	French Waiter
Donald Lawton	Desk Clerk
Patrick Whyte	Special Branch Officer
Mahin S Shahrivar	Arab Woman
Alex Frazer	Man
Allen Zeidman	Assistant Manager
Milton Frome	Guard
Walter Gotell	Guard
Frank Atkinson	Workman in Taxidermist Shop
Liddel Peddieson	Workman in Taxidermist Shop
Mayne Lynton	Workman in Taxidermist Shop
John Barrard	Workman in Taxidermist Shop
Alexia Bobrinsky	Foreign Prime Minister
Janet Bruce	Box Office Woman
Nadia Buckingham	Lady in the Audience
Clifford Buckton	Sir Kenneth Clarke
Barbara Burke	Girl Friend of the Assassin
Pauline Farr	Ambassador's Wife
Harry Fine	Edington
Wolf Priess	Aide to Foreign Prime Minister
George Howe	Amrose Chappell Sr.
Harold Kasket	Butler
Barry Keegan	Patterson
Lloyd Lamble	General Manager of Albert Hall
Enid Lindsey	Lady Clarke
Janet Macfarlane	Lady in Audience
Leslie Newport	Inspector of Albert Hall
Elsa Palmer	Woman Cook
Arthur Ridley	Ticket Collector
Alma Taylor	Box Office Woman
Guy Verney	Footman
Peter Williams	Police Sergeant
Richard Wordsworth	Ambrose Chappell Jr.
Production Credits	Credit
Alfred Hitchcock	Producer
Herbert Coleman	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Filwite Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
England, United Kingdom
Marrakesh, Morocco
Writer	Credit
John Michael Hayes	Screenplay
Charles Bennett	From Story
Angus MacPhail	Screenplay
D B Wyndham-Lewis	From Story
Art Department	Credit
Hal Pereira	Art Director - art direction
Sam Comer	Set Decorator
Arthur Krams	Set Decorator
Henry Bumstead	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Robert Burks	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
D B Wyndham-Lewis	Music
Jay Livingston	Song - songs
Bernard Herrmann	Music
Ray Evans	Song
Arthur Benjamin	Music
Production Management	Credit
Howard Joslin	Assistant Director
Visual Effects	Credit
John P Fulton	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Edith Head	Costume Designer - costume design

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