The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Gist: A family vacationing in Morocco witnesses a murder just in time for the dying victim to whisper something to the father about an upcoming attempted assassination. In order to keep him from telling what he knows to the police, his son is kidnapped. He and his wife will have to find a way to prevent the assassination and get their child back unharmed.

Another Alfred Hitchcock movie for which I have mixed feelings. James Stewart, Hitchcock's favorite, is as good as ever, but Doris Day doesn't impress me.

From what I know about her, she was a star in the heyday of musicals, and is a good singer. So I think that in order to allow her to showcase her singing talent, what feels like a gimmick was added to the plot. Her singing just doesn't feel organic. Rather it feels pretty forced.

The Bottom Line: Other than that, The Man Who Knew Too Much is a very intriguing tale of international spy networks trying to outdo one another. Definitely a very good Hitchcock film.

Grade: 8