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Overview

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Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers:
Charles Bennett (screenplay) and
Joan Harrison (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 August 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
MYSTERY IN WHISPERS that cracks like THUNDER! (original print ad - many caps) more
Plot:
On the eve of WW2, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 6 Oscars. more
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(2 articles)
North By Northwest Blu-ray Review
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Directors Pick Hitchcock's Greatest Film
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 August 1999)

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Another Hitchcock crowd-pleaser more (68 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Personal History (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
120 min | Spain:115 min | West Germany:98 min (cut version) (uncut version: 120')
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Dutch | Latvian
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (cut version) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #6409) | Peru:14

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In a 1972 interview with Dick Cavett, Alfred Hitchcock revealed that the plane crash scene was filmed by using footage shot from a stunt plane diving on the ocean, rear projected on rice paper in front of a cockpit set. Also behind the rice paper were two chutes aimed at the cockpit's windshield connected to large tanks of water. With the press of a button at the right moment, water came crashing through the rice paper, into the plane simulating the plane crashing into the sea from the cockpit view. more
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Miscellaneous: The film is reversed left-to-right during the chess game at the police station. more
Quotes:
Johnny Jones: [Powers is giving Jones instructions on whom he should interview in Europe] Anyone else?
Mr. Powers: No.
Johnny Jones: Well how about Hitler? Don't you think it would be a good idea to pump him? He must have something on his mind.
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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Another Hitchcock crowd-pleaser, 2 February 2004
Author: Glenn Andreiev (gandreiev@aol.com) from Huntington, NY

The first half hour of Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" looks like it can either be a light romantic comedy or a oddly fashioned drama about current events. But then, there's this scene in the rain, where our hero, played with energy by Joel McCrea, attends a crowded political meeting. McCrea notices his new friend, an elderly ambassador acts vacant and glassy eyed. Then, this mysterious photographer steps in. The photographer has next to his camera, a gun.... At this point "Foreign Correspondent" becomes an inventive chase thriller, darting across the audiences' eyes at a berserk chase. This was the first time that Hitchcock had all of Hollywood's tools at his disposal, and what a spellbinding, constantly fun classic came of it. I look forward to this film making it's DVD debut!

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