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)