The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935)
74-75 or 80 mins | Drama | 15 April 1935
Cast:
Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Nova Pilbeam [ More ]Director:
Alfred HitchcockWriters:
Edwin Greenwood, A. R. RawlinsonEditor:
H. St. C. StewartProduction Designer:
Alfred JungeProduction Company:
Gaumont-British Picture Corp.According to HR , Peter Lorre was placed in a sanitarium, due to his poor health, in London for one month during the filming of this picture. Modern credits include Prod Michael Balcon and Sets Peter Proud in the ... More Less
According to HR , Peter Lorre was placed in a sanitarium, due to his poor health, in London for one month during the filming of this picture. Modern credits include Prod Michael Balcon and Sets Peter Proud in the production. More Less
New York opening: week of 21 March 1935
On vacation in St. Moritz, Bob and Jill Lawrence and their daughter Betty befriend a foreigner staying in their hotel. One evening as Jill dances with the man, he is shot through the window. As he dies, he begs Jill to retrieve a note from his room and deliver it to the British consul. Before Bob can fulfil the man's wish, he is handed a note by Betty's kidnappers. The couple returns to England and learns that the kidnappers plan to assassinate a powerful foreign visitor at Albert Hall. Jill attends the concert and distracts the gunman with a scream. The assassins are captured by the police, and Betty is returned to her ... + −
On vacation in St. Moritz, Bob and Jill Lawrence and their daughter Betty befriend a foreigner staying in their hotel. One evening as Jill dances with the man, he is shot through the window. As he dies, he begs Jill to retrieve a note from his room and deliver it to the British consul. Before Bob can fulfil the man's wish, he is handed a note by Betty's kidnappers. The couple returns to England and learns that the kidnappers plan to assassinate a powerful foreign visitor at Albert Hall. Jill attends the concert and distracts the gunman with a scream. The assassins are captured by the police, and Betty is returned to her parents. + −
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