EPISODE #5: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
July 23, 2017 - 51 minutes
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)