The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

USA et al., 120 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Man Who Knew Too Much
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1956-07-21

Cast

James Stewart
doktor Benjamin "Ben" McKenna, amerikansk kirurg

Doris Day
Josephine "Jo" McKenna, hans fru, tidigare känd som Jo Conway, sångerska

Brenda De Banzie
Mrs. Lucy Drayton

Bernard Miles
Edward Drayton

Ralph Truman
poliskommissarie Buchanan vid Scotland Yards säkerhetsavdelning

Daniel Gélin
Louis Bernard, agent för Deuxième Bureau

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Titles

Original title
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
Swedish release title
  • Mannen som visste för mycket

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Second Unit Director
Script Supervisor
Associate Producer
Unit Manager
Casting
Production Secretary
Unit Publicist
Assistant Production Manager
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Key Grip
Conductor
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Assistant
Other Crew

Cast

James Stewart doktor Benjamin "Ben" McKenna, amerikansk kirurg
Doris Day Josephine "Jo" McKenna, hans fru, tidigare känd som Jo Conway, sångerska
Brenda De Banzie Mrs. Lucy Drayton
Bernard Miles Edward Drayton
Ralph Truman poliskommissarie Buchanan vid Scotland Yards säkerhetsavdelning
Daniel Gélin Louis Bernard, agent för Deuxième Bureau
Mogens Wieth ambassadören, attentatsledaren
Alan Mowbray Val Parnell
Hillary Brooke Jan Peterson
Christopher Olsen Henry "Hank" McKenna, Bens och Jos lille son
Reggie Nalder Rien, mördaren
Richard Wattis biträdande chef för Royal Albert Hall
Noel Willman Woburn, Buchanans assistent
Alix Talton Helen Parnell, Vals fru
Yves Brainville poliskommissarien i Marrakesh
Carolyn Jones Cindy Fontaine, även känd som Elsa McDuff
- Ej krediterade:
Alexi Bobrinskoy den utländske premiärministern
Abdelhaq Chraibi den uppretade araben i bussen
Betty Baskcomb Edna, Draytons medhjälpare
Leo Gordon chauffören hos Drayton
Patrick Aherne den engelske piccolon
Louis Mercier en fransk polis
Anthony Warde en fransk polis
Lewis Martin polisassistent
Gladys Holland Louis Bernards sällskap på restaurangen i Marrakesh
Peter Camlin hovmästaren på ambassaden
Ralph Neff Draytons medhjälpare
John Marshall butler på ambassaden
Eric Snowden en polis vid säkerhetsavdelningen
Lou Krugman arab
Milton Frome en vakt
Walter Gotell en vakt
John O'Malley uniformerad uppassare
Albert Carrier fransk polis
Edward Manouk fransk kypare
Donald Lawton hotellportier
Patrick Whyte polis vid säkerhetsavdelningen
Mahin S. Shahrivar arabkvinnan i bussen
Alex Frazer en man
Allen Zeidman biträdande chef på Royal Albert Hall
Richard Wordsworth Ambrose Chappell Jr, konservator
Frank Atkinson konservator hos Chappells
Liddell Peddieson konservator hos Chappells
Mayne Lynton konservator hos Chappells
John Barrard konservator hos Chappells
George Howe Ambrose Chappell Sr.
Barbara Burke Riens sällskap i logen på Royal Albert Hall
Pauline Farr ambassadörens fru
Harry Fine kommissarie Edington vid brottsroteln
Wolf Frees den utländske premiärministerns adjutant
Richard Marner ambassadörens medhjälpare
Harold Kasket butler på ambassaden
Lloyd Lamble chef vid Royal Albert Hall
Elsa Palmer ena kokerskan på ambassaden
Arthur Ridley biljettvaktmästaren på Royal Albert Hall
Guy Verney betjänt på ambassaden
Peter Williams polissergeant
Bernard Herrmann dirigenten på Royal Albert Hall
Barbara Howitt sångerskan på Royal Albert Hall
London Symphony Orchestra orkestern på Royal Albert Hall
Covent Garden Chorus kören på Royal Albert Hall
Janet Bruce en kvinna i foajén på Royal Albert Hall
Nadia Buckingham en kvinna i publiken på Royal Albert Hall
Clifford Buckton Sir Kenneth Clarke (ej identifierad)
Barry Keegan Patterson (ej identifierad)
Enid Lindsey Lady Clarke (ej identifierad)
Janet Macfarlane en kvinna bland publiken (ej identifierad)
Leslie Newport en kommissarie på Royal Albert Hall (ej identifierad)
Alma Taylor en kvinna i foajén på Royal Albert Hall
Bess Flowers kvinna i Royal Albert Hall
Alex Frazer en man
Alfred Hitchcock mannen som sällar sig till den grupp turister som nyfiket bestraktar artistuppträdanden i Marrakesh

Companies

Production Company Paramount Pictures Corporation
Filwite Productions Inc.
Copyright Filwite Productions Inc. 1956-05-16 (LP6469)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Paramount 1956
United International Pictures AB 1984
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Universal Pictures Nordic AB 2001

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 124580
Date 1984-02-08
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3272 meters


Censorship number 88272
Date 1956-06
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3270 meters
Censored length 3264 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (VistaVision)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 3291 meter
Length in minutes 120 min
Reels 12 reels


Original work

Original title The Man Who Knew Too Much (Film)
Screenplay, original work Charles Bennett
D.B. Wyndham-Lewis


Production location

London United Kingdom 1955-05-25 1955-06-21
Paramount Studios Hollywood, Kalifornien USA 1955-05-25 1955-08-24
Marrakesh Morocco 1955-05-12 1955-05-20
Brixton London United Kingdom
Camden Town London United Kingdom
Royal Albert Hall London United Kingdom

Release dates

First showing 1956-05-16 New York City, New York USA 120 min
Release in Sweden 1956-07-21 Saga Stockholm Sweden 119 min
Other showing 1984-02-10 Sture Stockholm Sweden 120 min (nypremiär)
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1994-03-29
DVD release 2001-11-14 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2007-10-01
2007-10-05
2007-10-25
2008-03-04
2022-11-27 Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Que Sera Sera
Composer Ray Evans (1955)
Lyrics Jay Livingston (1955)
Singer Doris Day
Christopher Olsen


Original title We'll Love Again
Composer Ray Evans (1955)
Lyrics Jay Livingston (1955)
Singer Doris Day


Original title Storm Cloud Cantata
Composer Arthur Benjamin
Lyrics D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Conductor Bernard Herrmann
Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
Singer Covent Garden Chorus
Barbara Howitt (solist)
Musical Arrangement Bernard Herrmann


Related films

Precious Images (1986) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3270


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3262


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 13
Slides 3
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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