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Foreign Correspondent

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Foreign Correspondent
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NR,2hrs 0min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
January 1, 1940
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall  ...more
Synopsis: Fourteen scriptwriters spent five years toiling over a movie adaptation of war correspondent Vincent Sheehan's Personal History before producer Walter Wanger brought the property to the screen as Foreign Correspondent. What emerged was approximately 2 parts Sheehan and 8 parts director Alfred Hitchcock--and what's wrong with that? Joel McCrea stars as an American journalist sent by his newspaper to cover the volatile war scene in Europe in the years 1938 to 1940. He has barely arrived in Holland ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
Alfred Hitchcock's second American film, Foreign Correspondent is a typically skillful, well-balanced suspense thriller from the unrivalled master of the genre. Popular upon its release and still considered one of the director's most entertaining works, the picture is undercut somewhat by its lackluster leads, Joel McCrea and Laraine Day. Hitchcock originally wanted Gary Cooper for the lead, but ... Full Review
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Joel McCrea
Johnny Jones
Laraine Day
Carol Fisher
Herbert Marshall
Stephen Fisher
George Sanders
Scott Folliott
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