An unusually fine dramatic story handled excellently from a production standpoint. Built along gangster lines, but from an international crook standpoint, with a lot of melodramatic suspense added. Starts at a party in St Moritz. A man is shot during a dance. He whispers to a friend that there's a message in a brush in his bathroom. Friend realizes the dying man was in the secret service and gets the message. Before he can communicate with the police he is handed a note saying his daughter has been kidnapped and will be killed if he talks. Back to London and the cops can't make the man or his wife say anything. Finally the man locates the gang's meeting place. He discovers that an attempt will be made to kill a famous international statesman at the Albert Hall that night and manages to communicate that news to his wife, although he is held prisoner. Scene at Albert Hall is highly exciting and beautifully handled. Acting is splendid most all of the way. Leslie Banks is a fine actor, although the assignment is a bit heavy for him. Edna Best looks well but is not convincing in some of the toughest passages. Peter Lorre's work stands out again. He has to be one of the most impressive and important actors in European cinema in the 1930s. In this picture, he more than makes up for the shortcomings of the other two leads. He's the gang chief. TRIVIA: Peter Lorre married Cecelie Lvovsky during the making of the film; Hitchcock had him working that morning, he was married at noon and was back on the set within an hour - and according to Hitchcock Lorre had spent the whole time with the horrific scar make-up that his part required! Patricia Hitchcock has recently allowed a cinema re-release of the original version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. 4 STARS OUT OF 5 The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock Buy UK Dvd (This Site) (Shipped from UK) Single Disc [2000] Actors: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL Language: English Region: Region 2 (UK & Europe) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Classification: U Studio: ITV DVD DVD Release Date: 31 Jan 2000 Run Time: 72 minutes DVD Features: Main Language: English Available Audio Tracks: Mono Hearing Impaired: English Disc Format: DVD 5 Interactive Menus Scene Access Price: £12.99 (UK Sterling) / $ 27.99 (US Dollars) (Shipped from UK) (Price includes worldwide postage & packaging) Also available: amazon.co.uk Movie Review Alfred Hitchcock the man who knew too much dvds | videos al pacino | michelle pfeiffer yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth alfred hitchcock dvds alfred hitchcock videos the man who knew too much dvds | videos al pacino | michelle pfeiffer yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth Page created by: lenin@netcomuk.co.uk Changes last made: 2004