The man who knew too much

Resource Information

The work The man who knew too much represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The man who knew too much

Statement of responsibility

Gaumont British Picture Corpn. Ltd. presents ; [story] by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham Lewis ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; scenario, Edwin Greenwood and A.R. Rawlinson

Contributor

• Rawlinson, A. R.
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Gaumont British Picture Corp
• Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952
• Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960
• Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995
• Best, Edna, 1900-1974
• Clarke-Smith, D. A., (Douglas A.), 1888-1959
• Courant, Curt
• Curzon, George, 1898-1976
• Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975
• Greenwood, Edwin
• Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
• Junge, Alfred
• Levy, Louis, 1894-1957
• Lewis, D. B. Wyndham, (Dominic Bevan Wyndham), 1891-1969
• Lorre, Peter
• Nehme, Farran Smith
• Oates, Cicely, 1888-1934
• Pilbeam, Nova, 1919-2015
• Stewart, Hugh, 1910-2011
• Vosper, Frank, 1899-1937
• Wakefield, Hugh, 1888-1971

Actor

• Clarke-Smith, D. A., (Douglas A.), 1888-1959
• Lorre, Peter
• Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975
• Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952
• Oates, Cicely, 1888-1934
• Pilbeam, Nova, 1919-2015
• Curzon, George, 1898-1976
• Best, Edna, 1900-1974
• Vosper, Frank, 1899-1937
• Wakefield, Hugh, 1888-1971

Art director

• Junge, Alfred

Author

• Nehme, Farran Smith

Director

• Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980

Director of photography

• Courant, Curt

Film editor

• Stewart, Hugh, 1910-2011

Musical director

• Levy, Louis, 1894-1957

Screenwriter

• Lewis, D. B. Wyndham, (Dominic Bevan Wyndham), 1891-1969
• Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995
• Greenwood, Edwin
• Rawlinson, A. R.

Subject

• Conspiracies -- Drama
• Espionage, British -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Motion pictures -- Great Britain
• Kidnapping -- Drama
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Attempted assassination -- Drama
• British -- Switzerland -- Drama
• Detective and mystery films

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Drama
• Motion pictures
• Video recordings
• Detective and mystery films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

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. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

Member of

• Man who knew too much (Motion picture : 1934)
• Criterion collection, 643

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/composerexpression

Ime4p_UzIwo

Credits note

Photography, Curt Courant ; art direction, Alfred Junge ; editor, H. St. C. Stewart ; music, Arthur Benjamin ; musical director, Louis Levy

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

English dialogue with SDH English subtitles

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.M36 2012d

PerformerNote

Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresney, Cicely Oates, D.A. Clarke Smith, George Curzon

Runtime

75

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

643

Technique

live action