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Actors: James Stewart, Doris Day, Daniel Gélin, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) |
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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH is a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1956. Academy award in the Best Music, Song category.
Marrakech, Maroc. James Stewart, Doris Day and their son are on holiday after a medical convention attended by James Stewart. While visiting the local market, Daniel Gélin, a french spy, dies in Stewart's arms after having revealed to him that a european leader will soon be assassinated in London. Stewart's son is kidnapped right after this event and Stewart is asked by a mysterious man to avoid the police if he wants to see his son again. Stewart and Doris Day come back to London and try, with the few clues they have, to make their own investigation.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding an assassin
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
Desert?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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