"The Man Who Knew Too Much" follows the storyline of the McKenna family vacationing in Africa when they meet a mysterious man, Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin) on a touring bus. Later Bernard is killed in the marketplace and whispers important information regarding an assassination about to take place in London to Dr. Ben McKenna (James Stewart). The assassins kidnap Hank (Christopher Olsen) because they are afraid their plan might be revealed. Ben and Jo (Doris Day) work together to save their son.
Hitchcock's casting for this film didn't work too well on screen. The two big stars were Stewart and Day, but this wasn't their top notch acting. The two characters didn't grab the viewer and the acting seemed a little forced at times.
Being a Hitchcock film it still contained many characterstics of a thriller film. Hitchcock always uses amazing scores throughout the film to help push the intense, suspensful scenes. Hitchcock also uses many close up shots to demonstrate important objects in the movie. However, this movie was not the first of it's kind. Hitchcock decided to remake the movie from his 1934 version, which starred Peter Lorre.
Hitchcock is famous for his thriller style movies and is also known for many other films he has done such as "Pyscho," "Birds" and "Rear Window."
I would recommend this movie to anyone who is a fan of thriller or Hitchcock movies.
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