THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (CRITERION COLLECTION)

Details

• Release Year: 1934
• Genre: Crime, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping film is the first of the early thrillers the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, made during the fertile phase of his career spent at the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Besides affirming Hitchcock’s genius, it gave the brilliant Peter Lorre his first English- speaking role, as a slithery villain. With its tension and gallows humor, it’s pure Hitchcock, and it set the tone for such films as The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes.
• Cast: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresnay, Cicely Oates, D.A. Clarke-Smith, George Curzon, Frank Atkinson, Betty Bascomb, Tony De Lungo, Clare Greet, Joan Harrison, James Knight, Arnold Lucy, Mitchelson-Hill, Henry Oscar, Charles Paton, Frederick Piper, H.G. Stoker, Jack Vyvian, Percy Walsh, Hal Walters, S.J. Warmington, Edward Wild, Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Bennett, D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
• Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• Runtime: 1:15
• Company: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
• Media Format: Movie