Alfred Hitchcock

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This paper reviews Alfred Hitchcock's film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'. According to the paper, it was first released in the United Kingdom in December of 1934. It was not released to American audiences until March of the following year. It was filmed at Lime Grove Studios in London England and filming began after Hitchcock completed his direction of Waltzes From Vienna in 1933. Producers, Michael Balcon and Ivor Montagu had the script prepared before Hitchcock agreed to take on the direction of the film. The paper further discusses how Hitchcock was said to have been given free reign over the direction of the film, although he was also given a small budget to complete the task. The cast for the film was recommended from varying sources. This included Peter Lorre, who was a German actor presented to Hitchcock through Sidney Bernstein.

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