This is a suberbly structured thriller whose excellence is aided and abetted by a spirited cast.
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03/27/09
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:18
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Hitchcock's first version of this dramatic and complex tale of espionage, kidnapping, and family relationships. When a father intercepts a secret message of a murdered man, his daughter is... [More]
Starring: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Reviews for The Man Who Knew Too Much
Top CriticVintage Hitchcock, with sheer wit and verve masking an implausible plot.
06/24/06
Top CriticFull of suspense, hijinks and that particular brand of gallows humour that can only be described as 'Hitchcockian'.
05/24/03
Top CriticAlthough the film is fast and consistently clever, it is more deeply flawed than any other Hitchcock film of the period, failing to find a thematic connection between its imaginative set pieces.
03/27/09
An unusually fine dramatic story handled excellently from a production standpoint.
03/26/09
Top CriticNo review available.
10/20/07
Much more fun than the more expensive and longer 1956 remake.
09/18/07
Directed with a fascinating staccato violence by Alfred Hitchcock, it is the swiftest screen melodrama this column can recall.
08/08/06
Top CriticAinda refinando as técnicas que passaria a dominar com perfeição, Hitchcock cria um filme divertido, mas obviamente falho.
11/26/05
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07/25/05
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07/17/05
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10/08/04
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01/06/04
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11/25/03
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09/05/03
First and best version of the story.
08/24/03
No review available.
04/07/03
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12/01/02
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09/11/02
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