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The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1934 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring Leslie Banks and Peter Lorre, and released by Gaumont British. It was one of the most successful and critically acclaimed films of Hitchcock's British period.
With Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper. 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.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1935-03-21
The Man Who Knew Too Much. 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.
- Bob Lawrence
On a family vacation in Switzerland, Bob (Leslie Banks) and his wife, Jill (Edna Best), become friendly with a man staying in their hotel. When the stranger is assassinated in their presence, the...
- (35)
- Leslie Banks
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Mystery & Thriller
Synopsis. Bob and Jill Lawrence are on a winter sports holiday with their teenage daughter Betty. When their friend Louis Bernard is shot whilst dancing with Jill, he tells Bob of an assassination about to take place in London. Fearing that their plot will be revealed, the assassins kidnap Betty in order to keep the Lawrence's quiet.
While holidaying in Switzerland, Bob and Jill Lawrence witness a murder and capture the dying man's last words. This leads them to a cryptic message, a message so important that the murderers kidnap Bob and Jill's daughter to ensure their silence.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1934 • United Kingdom. Starring Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna Best. 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.
