Episode #5: The Man Who Knew Too Much

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)