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The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934 · 76 min

A brisk, suspenseful thriller with a dark edge, balancing wit and menace as ordinary parents are drawn into a deadly conspiracy.

Tagline
Knowledge can be a deadly thing.
Overview
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • conspiracy
  • deception
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour4
Realism6
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, mystery
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Written by
Charles Bennett, D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Starring
Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresnay, Cicely Oates
Cinematography
Curt Courant
Runtime
76 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Arabic, French, Italian

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