The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

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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 2007 4.3 released in 2006 5 See Also... 6 Image Gallery 7 Film Frames 8 Themes 9 Cast and Crew

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. Bob and Jill return to London and take matters into their own hands. (© IMDB)

Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: mono
• aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Spherical
• running time: 84 minutes
• production studio: Gaumont British Picture Corporation Limited
• also known as:
  • L'Homme Qui en Savait Trop (1934) - France

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Recent DVD Releases

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released in 2008

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) - Network (UK, 2008) - part of a box set PAL 1.33:1

released in 2007

Der Mann, der Zuviel Wusste (1934) - AmCo Tonträger (Germany, 2007) PAL 1.33:1

released in 2006

L'Homme Qui en Savait Trop (1934) - Universal (France, 2006) PAL 1.33:1

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See Also...

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

• 1000 Frames of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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Image Gallery

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Film Frames

Themes

• the MacGuffin - the assassination
• the cultured baddie - Abbott (Peter Lorre)
• the icy blonde - Jill Lawrence (Edna Best)
• the Hitchcock cameo - walking across the road as a bus passes by (unconfirmed)
  

Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock

Starring:

• Leslie Banks - Bob Lawrence
• Edna Best - Jill Lawrence
• Peter Lorre - Abbott
• Frank Vosper - Ramon Levine
• Hugh Wakefield - Clive
• Nova Pilbeam - Betty Lawrence
• Pierre Fresnay - Louis Bernard
• Cicely Oates - Nurse Agnes
• D A Clarke-Smith - Binstead
• George Curzon - Gibson
• Frank Atkinson - Policeman Shot Behind Mattress
• Clare Greet - Mrs Sprocket
• Joan Harrison - Secretary

Produced by:

• Ivor Montagu - associate producer
• Michael Balcon

Written by:

• Charles Bennett
• D B Wyndham-Lewis

Photographed by:

• Curt Courant

Edited by:

• Hugh Stewart

Music by:

• Arthur Benjamin
• Louis Levy - musical director

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