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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Original Title
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Critics & Audience Score
6.5
Total Votes
1,427
Release Year
1956
Runtime (Duration)
2h 0min
Production Budget
$1.2M
Box Office Revenue
$11.3M
Profit / Loss Analysis
$10.1M
Casting
Actors

James Stewart
Dr. Ben McKenna

Doris Day
Jo McKenna

Brenda De Banzie
Lucy Drayton

Bernard Miles
Edward Drayton

Ralph Truman
Buchanan

Daniel GĂ©lin
Louis Bernard

Mogens Wieth
Ambassador

Alan Mowbray
Val Parnell

Hillary Brooke
Jan Peterson

Christopher Olsen
Hank McKenna

Reggie Nalder
Rien

Richard Wattis
Assistant Manager

Noel Willman
Woburn

Alix Talton
Helen Parnell

Yves Brainville
Police Inspector

Carolyn Jones
Cindy Fontaine

Bernard Herrmann
Conductor at Albert Hall
Covent Garden Chorus
Themselves
Barbara Howitt
Self - Soloist

Patrick Aherne
Handyman (uncredited)

Frank Albertson
Taxidermist (uncredited)

Frank Atkinson
Edgar, a Taxidermist (uncredited)
John Barrard
Taxidermist Holding the Panther (uncredited)
Mayne Lynton
Grey Haired Taxidermist (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton
Sir Kenneth Clarke (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Church Member (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Church Member (uncredited)
Nora Bush
Church Member (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
Church Member (uncredited)
Jean Ransome
Church Member (uncredited)

Albert Carrier
French Policeman (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
French Policeman (uncredited)

Anthony Warde
French Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)

Lee Miller
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)

Harry Fine
Edington (uncredited)
Alex Frazer
Man in Box Office Lobby (uncredited)
Wolf Frees
Aide to Prime Minister (uncredited)

Richard Marner
Aide to Prime Minister (uncredited)

Milton Frome
Embassy Back Entrance Guard (uncredited)

Walter Gotell
Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)

Leo Gordon
Drayton's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock
Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)

Gladys Holland
Bernard's Date at Restaurant (uncredited)
George Howe
Ambrose Chappell Sr. (uncredited)

Richard Wordsworth
Ambrose Chappell Jr. (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Arab (uncredited)

Allen Jaffe
Arab (uncredited)

Lou Krugman
Marrakesh Headwaiter (uncredited)

Harold Kasket
Stavis, Embassy Butler (uncredited)
Barry Keegan
Patterson (uncredited)

Lloyd Lamble
General Manager of Albert Hall (uncredited)

Lewis Martin
Detective (uncredited)
Ralph Neff
Drayton's Henchman (uncredited)
John O'Malley
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Eric Snowden
Special Branch Officer (uncredited)
Patrick Whyte
Special Branch Officer (uncredited)

Alma Taylor
Embassy Guest (uncredited)
Guy Verney
Embassy Footman (uncredited)

Peter Williams
Police Sergeant at Albert Hall (uncredited)
John Marshall
Embassy Butler (uncredited)
Alexis Bobrinskoy
Foreign Prime Minister (uncredited)
Betty Baskcomb
Edna, the Church Organist (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Paul Beradi
Embassy Guest (uncredited)
Arline Bletcher
Church Member (uncredited)
Janet Bruce
Woman in Box Office Queue (uncredited)
Naida Buckingham
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Barbara Burke
Miss Benson, the Marksman's Escort (uncredited)
Peter Camlin
Marrakesh Waiter (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Abdelhaq Chraibi
Muslim Husband on the Bus (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Embassy Guest (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Photographer at the Airport (uncredited)
Philip Johns
Embassy Chef (uncredited)
Barbara Jones
Lady on the Bus (uncredited)
Anthony Lang
Singer in Choir (uncredited)
Donald Lawton
Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Marion Lessing
Church Member (uncredited)
Enid Lindsey
Lady Clarke (uncredited)
Janet Macfarlane
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Edward Manouk
Marrakesh Waiter (uncredited)
Lola Morice
Singer in Choir (uncredited)
Leslie Newport
Inspector at Albert Hall (uncredited)
Elsa Palmer
Embassy Cook (uncredited)
Liddell Peddieson
Taxidermist with a Cap (uncredited)
Pauline Pfarr
Ambassador's Wife (uncredited)
Arthur Ridley
Albert Hall Ticket Collector (uncredited)
Lucile Sewall
Church Member (uncredited)
Mahin S. Shahrivar
Muslim Wife on the Bus (uncredited)

Guy Standeven
Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Allen Zeidman
Assistant Manager (uncredited)
Crew

Alfred Hitchcock
DIRECTOR

Bernard Herrmann
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

John Michael Hayes
SCREENPLAY

Alfred Hitchcock
PRODUCER

Robert Burks
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
George Tomasini
EDITOR

Henry Bumstead
ART DIRECTION
Hal Pereira
ART DIRECTION

Sam Comer
SET DECORATION
Arthur Krams
SET DECORATION
Paul Franz
SOUND RECORDIST
Abdelhaq Chraibi
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Connie Willis
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
STORY

Edith Head
COSTUME DESIGN
Howard Joslin
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Farciot Edouart
VISUAL EFFECTS
John P. Fulton
VISUAL EFFECTS

Charles Bennett
STORY
Herbert Coleman
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Wally Westmore
MAKEUP SUPERVISOR
Tony Regan
CASTING
Edward R. Morse
CASTING
Bill Greenwald
CASTING
Gary Fifield
CASTING
William Cowitt
CASTING
Virginia Darcy
HAIRDRESSER
Dan Greenway
MAKEUP ARTIST
Hugh Brown
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER
Frank Caffey
PRODUCTION MANAGER

C.O. Erickson
UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER
Cecil R. Foster Kemp
UNIT MANAGER
Ralph Axness
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Herbert Coleman
SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR
Ned Dobson
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Basil Keys
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Walter Broadfoot
PROPS
Dorothea Holt
PRODUCTION ILLUSTRATOR
Neil Wheeler
PROPS
Bill Wistrom
SOUND EDITOR
Henry Keener
SOUND RECORDIST
Ted Mapes
STUNTS
Neil Binney
FOCUS PULLER
Adolph Froelich
ELECTRICIAN
Bobby Greene
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Vic Jones
GAFFER
Ken Lobben
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Don Ring
GAFFER
Leonard J. South
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA
Darrell Turnmire
SECOND COMPANY GRIP
Paul Uhl
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Phyllis Dalton
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
Joan Joseff
OTHER
Leonard Mann
WARDROBE MASTER
Lee Forman
WARDROBE MASTER
Sam Vitale
ASSISTANT EDITOR
John C. Hammell
MUSIC EDITOR
Art Sarno
PUBLICIST
Gene Garvin
SOUND RECORDIST