The Man who Knew too Much (1956)

James Stewart
Doris Day

Genres
Thriller, Kidnap, Assassination
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
John Michael Hayes
Angus MacPhail
Composer
Bernard Herrmann
Director of Photography
Robert Burks

Review:
Remake of Hitchcock's 1934 film. American couple becomes accidentally involved in international intrigue. Doris's "Que Sera, Sera" won Jay Livingston and Ray Evans the Best Song Oscar. That's Bernard Herrmann conducting the orchestra at the climax.

Trivia
Bernard Herrmann (the composer of the score) can be seen conducting the orchestra during the Albert Hall sequence.

The Albert Hall sequence lasts 12 minutes without a single word of dialogue and consists of 124 shots.

Cameo

Hitchcock makes his cameo appearance in the Moroccan marketplace watching the acrobats with his back to the camera just before the murder.
Patrick Aherne
 Handyman
Betty Bascomb
 Edna
Hillary Brooke
 Jan Peterson
Doris Day
 Jo McKenna
Brenda De Banzie
 Mrs. Drayton
Daniel Gelin
 Louis Bernard
Leo V. Gordon
 Chauffer
Carolyn Jones
 Cindy Fontaine
Bernard Miles
 Mr. Drayton
Alan Mowbray
 Val Parnell
Reggie Nalder
 The assassin
Christopher Olsen
 Hank McKenna
James Stewart
 Dr. Ben McKenna
Ralph Truman
 Buchanan
Magens Wieth
 Ambassador
Yves Brainville
Lewis Martin
Louis Mercier
Alix Talton
Anthony Warde
Richard Wattis
Noel Willman
Richard Wordsworth

 


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