The Man Who Knew Too Much

Alfred Hitchcock remakes his own 1934 thriller in eye-popping Technicolor and widescreen VistaVision, hurling stars James Stewart and Doris Day into a twisting plot of international intrigue, murder and nail-biting suspense. In The Man Who Knew Too Much, Stewart and Day give magnificent performances as Ben and Jo McKenna, and American couple vacationing in Morocco, whose son is kidnapped and taken to England. Caught up in a nightmarish plot of conspiracy and terror, the couple’s long-simmering marital resentments threaten to derail their rescue efforts as they race to save their son in a chilling, climactic showdown in London’s famous Royal Albert Hall. Featuring a pulse-pounding score by Bernard Herrmann, and Doris Day’s iconic, Oscar-winning song, “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be),” The Man Who Knew Too Much is a top-flight excursion into suspense from Hitchcock’s unbeatable run of mid-‘50s thrillers including Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, and Dial M for Murder. (Dir. by Alfred Hitchcock, 1956, USA, 120 mins., Not Rated)