Like all Hitchcock's plays the sudden twists are what make it filled with suspense and terror. Set abroad, from Morocco to London, and in color it is something to see.

| Mar 22, 2024

On the whole, The Man Who Knew Too Much is a dandy of its popular kind.

| Mar 21, 2024

Hitchcock made the same picture in 1935, before he came to this country, but that should deter nobody. The story has been brought quite up to date, dressed in Vista Vision and color, and starts in Marrakesh.

| Mar 21, 2024

Let us love Hitchcock when, weary of passing simply for a master of taut style, he takes us the longest way round.

| Sep 1, 2021

Instead of using music as a background for action, Hitchcock moves it up front... The chief drawback of these musical stage-waits is that they allow the audience to think back over the story and conclude that it doesn't make much sense.

| Apr 28, 2020

A curate's egg of a film, but thoroughly recommended.

| Apr 28, 2020

It's like a long novel that could be tightened, yet many would prefer it as it is.

| Jun 5, 2018

James Stewart is superb, and Bernard Miles and Brenda de Banzie make admirable adversaries.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 29, 2014

Making marvellous use of settings and locations, Hitchcock treats the viewer to superbly choreographed set-pieces.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2014

Even middling Hitchcock is a cut above most thrillers.

| Jul 29, 2014

...a decent thriller that's ultimately saved by its stellar performances and absolutely enthralling last act.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 24, 2014

The Man Who Knew too Much is a thriller of the most straightforward kind, an affair of pursuit and movement; and for Hitchcock, it is now apparent, the chase itself has lost its excitement.

| Jun 18, 2012

Excellent.

| Jul 6, 2010

This version lacks some of the economy of the first, and, unusually for Hitchcock, it sags in the middle. Fortunately, there's a marked improvement as it reaches the last third.

| Mar 27, 2009

Hitch's remake of his own film results in an equally compelling action thriller with sterling performances from Stewart and Day.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 27, 2009

Hitchcock's scenes are beautifully framed and tautly directed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 27, 2009

The film is uncharacteristically rigid and pious for Hitchcock; it feels more like a work of duty than conviction.

| Mar 27, 2009

While drawing the footage out a bit long, he still keeps suspense working at all times and gets strong performances from the two stars and other cast members.

| Mar 26, 2009

Far superior to the 1934 version, The Man Who Knew Too Much, underestimated at its 1956 release, should be considered as one of Hitchcock's masterpieces.

| Original Score: A | Jul 1, 2008

Each version has certain elements superior to the other, but both films rank as minor Hitchcock works.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 16, 2008