Foreign Correspondent (1940)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Technical Information 3 DVD Recommendations 4 Recent DVD Releases 4.1 released in 2008 4.2 released in 2005 5 See Also... 6 Image Gallery 6.1 posters 6.2 lobby cards 6.3 other images 7 Film Frames 8 Themes 9 Cast and Crew

[edit] Synopsis

Johnny Jones is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor appoints him European correspondent because he is fed up with the dry, reports he currently gets. Jones' first assignment is to get the inside story on a secret treaty agreed between two European countries by the famous diplomat, Mr. Van Meer. However things don't go to plan and Jones enlists the help of a young woman to help track down a group of spies. (© IMDB)

[edit] Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: mono (Western Electric Sound System)
• aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Spherical
• running time: 120 minutes
• production studio: Walter Wanger Productions, Inc
• also known as:
  • Personal History - working title

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[edit] Recent DVD Releases

• to view all of the DVD releases of this film, see Foreign Correspondent (1940) - DVD releases

[edit] released in 2008

Correspondant 17 (1940) - Studio Canal (France, 2008) R2 PAL 1.33:1

[edit] released in 2005

Correspondant 17 (1940) - Studio Canal (France, 2005) - part of a box set PAL 1.33:1 [01:43:32]

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[edit] See Also...

For further relevant information about this film, see also...

• 1000 Frames of Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Articles about Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Awards and Nominations
• Complete Cast and Crew
• Filming locations
• Radio adaptations
• Titles, captions, etc
• Trailers
• Web links to information, articles, reviews, etc

[edit] Image Gallery

Images from the Hitchcock Gallery (click to view larger versions or search for all relevant images)...

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[edit] Themes

• birds - a bird nearly gives away the hero hiding in the windmill
• the MacGuffin - Clause 27
• tramps - the tramp in the windmill
• the Hitchcock cameo - walking past the hotel reading a newspaper (more details)
  

[edit] Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock

Starring:

• Joel McCrea - John Jones
• George Sanders - Scott ffolliott
• Laraine Day - Carol Fisher
• Herbert Marshall - Stephen Fisher
• Albert Bassermann - Van Meer
• Robert Benchley - Stebbins
• Edmund Gwenn - Rowley
• Eduardo Ciannelli - Mr Krug
• Harry Davenport - Mr Powers
• Martin Kosleck - Tramp
• Frances Carson - Mrs Sprague
• Ian Wolfe - Stiles
• Charles Wagenheim - Assassin
• Eddie Conrad - Latvian
• Charles Halton - Bradley
• Barbara Pepper - Dorine
• Emory Parnell - "Mohican" Captain
• Roy Gordon - Mr Brood
• Gertrude Hoffman - Mrs Benson
• Marten Lamont - Captain
• Barry Bernard - Steward

Produced by:

• Walter Wanger

Written by:

• Robert Benchley
• Charles Bennett
• Joan Harrison
• Ben Hecht

Photographed by:

• Rudolph Maté

Edited by:

• Dorothy Spencer

Music by:

• Alfred Newman

Costume Design by:

• I Magnin

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