The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

James Stewart and Doris Day stars in this movie. 1956. Director: Alfred Hitchcock.

Ben McKenna (James Stewart), his wife Jo (Doris Day) and his little son Hank (Christopher Olsen) are visiting Marocco on their vacation. They meet the mysterious Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin) with whom Ben becomes some kind of friend.

But Jo becomes suspicious and thinks that Louis is hiding something. Later, the McKennas meets another couple on vacation, the Draytons (Bernard Miles and Brenda De Banzie). They become friends and have a great time together.

But the following day, when they're all visiting a market in Marrakesh, a man is chased and then stabbed. Just before dying, the man approaches Ben and is revealed as Louis Bernard. He wisperers his last words to Ben; someone is going to be killed.

The Draytons says that they can take Hank to the hotel so that he doesn't have to be there as the police arrive and wants to ask questions. But when Ben and Jo gets to the hotel later, they find Hank gone. He has been kidnapped!

This movie is rather good, but sometimes a bit too slow. The plot is good, but it's not exiting enough. Doris Day isn't as bad as I first thought that she would be in her role. She's really good actually. A good actress who can cry and all of that and make it look real.

James Stewart seems to be a bit too old to have a son in Hank's age, but he's still a splended actor. Maybe if he would have been a bit younger here, then he would have been more convinsing as the father of a child.