In episode #5 we discuss one of Alfred Hitchcock's first major films: The Man Who Knew Too Much. On vacation in Switzerland, Bob and Jill Lawrence get caught up in a secretive world of spies and assassins. With time running out, they must follow a cold trail to save their daughter and prevent a world war. Starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best and Peter Lorre.
SHOWNOTES
The Man Who Knew Too Much - Criterion Collection
Alfred Hitchcock
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
The character’s name is Bob Lawrence, not Bill
Peter Lorre
Foley Effects
The Free Irish State
Chekhov’s Gun (not to be confused with Pavel Chekhov)
The Jazz Singer (first film with sound, a talkie)
Gallows Humor
National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration commercial
Glasses without earpieces are known as Pince-nez glasses
Casablanca
M (criterion collection)
Hey Abbott
Remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (starring Jimmy Stewart)
Star Wars
THX 1138 starring Robert Duvall
Wipe Transition intentionally used in Star Wars and Raiders of The Lost Ark
Royal Albert Hall
Leverage (S03E04) - The Scheherazade Job
Scheherazade by Korsakov
Rear Window and Psycho are not Criterion Collection
Classic Hitchcock Criterion box set: The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Lady Vanishes, The 39 Steps, and Foreign Correspondent
The Woody Allen movie Shadows and Fog (starring John Cusack)
Also stars the Julie Kavner who does Marge Simpson’s voice (and who is Not in Sleepless in Seattle)
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