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Movie Description
Classic Hitchcock. It is 1939 and Johnny Jones, a naive police reporter, is sent by his even more naive boss to cover a "crime" story that's unfolding in Europe: the potential outbreak of a second world war. Unprepared for the dangerous political landscape he's entering, Johnny manages to land smack in the middle of a spy ring that is masquerading as a peace organization.
Synopsis
Set after the start of World War II, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT avoids almost all the trappings of a war movie and focuses on the type of murky intrigue that is Hitchcock's signature. Joel McCrea plays Johnny Jones, a reporter sent overseas when his newspaper demands some firsthand news. Jones is a New Yorker out of his element in Europe, but when he stumbles upon a massive conspiracy headed by peace advocate Stephen Fisher (Herbert Marshall), his instincts drive him to pursue the story and confront the web of intrigue, but he'll need help and finds it in the lovely Carol (Laraine Day). The rain-soaked assassination sequence that kicks off the intrigue has a raw, haunting quality that plays on the spareness of newsreel footage.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.37
Audio:
Mono 1.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Documentaries - 1. PERSONAL HISTORY: FOREIGN HITCHCOCK
Theatrical release: August 16, 1940.
Hitch onscreen: Hitchcock appears as a pedestrian reading a newspaper passing by Joel McCrea.
Hitchcock used the haunting site of an old mill in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT and two previous films, YOUNG AND INNOCENT and THE MANXMAN.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT was independently produced by Walter Wagner and therefore is sometimes hard to find on video.
This was Herbert Marshall's second Hitchcock film. The first was MURDER!
Gary Cooper turned down the lead role, refusing to act in a thriller.
Hitchcock's eccentric marriage proposal to Alma was written into the script.
Industry Reviews
"[With] snappy, sophisticated and funny dialogue..."
Los Angeles Times - Susan King (08/29/2004)
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