The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)

The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1956 suspense film about a family vacationing in Morocco who accidentally stumble onto an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. The film is a remake in widescreen VistaVision and Technicolor of the 1934 film of the same name.
 * Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by John Michael Hayes.

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Dr. Ben McKenna

 * Sorry we were gone so long, but we had to pick up Hank!

Hank McKenna

 * [to Louis] If you ever get hungry, our garden back home is full of snails. We tried everything to get rid of them. We never thought of a Frenchman!

Louis Bernard

 * [dying] A man... a statesman... is to be killed... assassinated in London. Soon... very soon. Tell them in London... tell them to try Ambrose Chapel...

Ambassador

 * [to Drayton] You have muddled everything from the start, taking that child with you from Marrakesh. Don't you realize that Americans dislike having their children stolen?

Dialogue

 * Jo: You know what I was just thinking? You know what is paying for this three days in Marrakech?
 * Ben: Sure, me.
 * Jo: Mrs. Campbell's gall stone.
 * [both laugh]
 * Jo: And you know the purse I bought in Paris? Philip's tarsal.


 * Jo: So, what do you do?
 * Louis: I buy and sell.
 * Jo: I see. And what do you buy and sell?
 * Louis: Whatever gives the most profit.


 * Edward: Remember, you will only have time for just one shot. If you need another, the risk is yours.
 * Rien: I don't take risks.

Taglines

 * A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!
 * Alfred Hitchcock strikes the highest note of suspense the screen has yet achieved!

Cast

 * James Stewart - Dr. Benjamin McKenna
 * Doris Day - Josephine Conway McKenna
 * Brenda De Banzie - Lucy Drayton
 * Bernard Miles - Edward Drayton
 * Ralph Truman - Inspector Buchanan
 * Daniel Gélin - Louis Bernard
 * Mogens Wieth - Ambassador
 * Alan Mowbray - Val Parnell
 * Hillary Brooke - Jan Peterson
 * Christopher Olsen - Hank McKenna