# The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

> An American couple races through Morocco and London to recover their kidnapped son and stop a political assassination after learning a deadly secret.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/455

## Facts

- Runtime: 121 min
- Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gélin, Mogens Wieth, Alan Mowbray
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049470/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: tense, paranoid, glamorous, classic cinema night, hitchcock marathon

## Synopsis

A family vacation spirals into a race against time to save their son and prevent a political assassination.

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