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Leslie Banks, Nova Pilbeam, and Peter Lorre in a scene from the 1934 film The Man Who Knew Too Much, standing and sitting around a record player in a room with bookshelves.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much

film by Hitchcock [1934]
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Leslie Banks, Nova Pilbeam, and Peter Lorre in a scene from the 1934 film The Man Who Knew Too Much, standing and sitting around a record player in a room with bookshelves.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much Scene from the film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first international success and stars Leslie Banks and Edna Best as the Lawrences, a couple on vacation in Switzerland with their daughter. Their daughter is kidnapped by conspirators to ensure their silence about a plot to assassinate a diplomat. The film culminates in a suspenseful finale at the Royal Albert Hall. This film established Hitchcock as a master of suspense.1

Hitchcock later remade the film in 1956 as an American production, also titled The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. In this version, a couple's son is kidnapped after the father overhears information about an assassination plot in Morocco. The film is known for Doris Day singing the Academy Award-winning song "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)".23

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  1. Alfred Hitchcock - First international releases: The Man Who Knew Too Much to Jamaica Inn
  2. Alfred Hitchcock - The Paramount years: Rear Window to North by Northwest
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