For me, The Man who Knew too Much was a film that could have been a lot better. This is actually a remake of Hitchcock's own original film years before (1934, to be exact), but it still lacks the tension that it should have, and James Stewart doesn't ever really seem comfortable in the role. That said, this is still Hitchcock, and it's still better that most films. Dr Ben McKenna (Stewart) is on holiday with his wife Jo (Doris Day) and his son Hank. Whilst on a bus, they meet a man called Louis Bernard who they talk to. Ben gets on well with him, but his wife Jo thinks that there is something wrong. Bernard offers to take them out to dinner later that ...  Read the complete review

I am a great lover of Alfred Hitchcock, anybody who says their a movie critic should have a resume wiith a review on one of Hitchcock's pictures whether it be his classic "Psycho" with Anthony Perkins, or "The Birds" or the all time classic movie about voyeurism "Rear Window" with Jimmy Stewart. Jimmy Stewart, all time great actor of the "Golden Era" of Hollywood (he was in a It's a Wonderful Life which is shown every year) was actually a Hitchcock regular appearing in at least four of his films: "Vertigo" , "Rope", "Rear Window" and this rarely shown classic "The Man Who Knew too ...  Read the complete review

The Man Who Knew Too Much, released in 1956, is Hitchcock's remake of his own earlier 1934 film. The previous film was made in black and white, while the remake starred James Stewart and Doris Day and was filmed in colour on a bigger budget. The film is about Ben, Jo and Hank McKenna, American tourists in Morocco who inadvertently discover secrets about an assassination plot. When Hank is kidnapped, his parents are torn between whether to reveal all or keep quiet in the hope of saving him. The film's exciting plot never lets up and leads to some great sequences including the scenes in Jemma El Fna, the square in Marrakech, the church in London and the ...  Read the complete review

Although I'm a confessedly big fan of Hitchcock, The Man Who Knew Too Much is not one of my favourites of his, I must admit. In fact, it's my least favourite, and although Hitchcock clearly sees it as a vast improvement professionally on his 1934 original, I'm not so sure I like it anyway. Dr. Ben McKenna (James Stewart), his wife Jo (Doris Day), and their son Hank (Christopher Olsen) are holidaying in Morocco when they become embroilled in a political intrigue plot, beginning as they meet a man who is then subsequently assassinated. They learn that a further assassination is to occur at the Royal Albert Hall, just as the big cymbal crash occurs at the end of ...  Read the complete review