Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

jacobs-greenwood I think this is the best of the two Alfred Hitchcock-directed films released in 1940, which is saying something given the fact that the other won the Oscar. Not only does it have terrific set pieces (an old Dutch windmill, a transatlantic clipper, etc.) but it contains standout performances by Joel McCrea (Hitch had wanted Gary Cooper, who turned down the role), Herbert Marshall (his best acting?) and George Sanders (one of many cynical characters he played to perfection).McCrea plays a reporter assigned to investigate the chances of an outbreak of war in Europe immediately prior to World War II. It does, and there's lots of suspense and intrigue including a kidnapping (of Albert Bassermann's character). Laraine Day, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Davenport, Ian Wolfe, Charles Halton, and Emory Parnell (among others) also appear.The end of the film is a virtual advertisement (pure propaganda) urging the U.S. to join the British in the war against Germany. The film received six Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Bassermann, his only), B&W Art Direction, Cinematography, Special Effects, and Original Screenplay (Charles Bennett's only); Joan Harrison earned her only other nomination that same year for the director's Academy Award winning Best Picture Rebecca (1940).

elvircorhodzic FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT is a film in which he weaved extremely clever propaganda. The director is certainly in favor walked fact that some former things by accident, but markedly coincide. Hitch is merry and made a decent war spy thriller. Probability and randomness are so neglected that the torques acting illogically. However, uncertainty is at his level. The film is a great and exciting if I squinted on one eye. The film is certainly a fiction and does not call into question the neutrality of the United States, but the interaction between the Allies and the Nazis determined its role.„Keep those Lights burning?!"The journalist, diplomat and politician keywords. Hitch, deliberately avoiding the word spy or a traitor to the very end of the film. Of course, the director once again soften the effect of that profession in the phenomenal scene to bring the plane down. The theory is clear. Americans are all that is needed in Europe during the war. It is not logical and is a little bit exaggerated. Americans just waiting for the right real news. I will be more specific information .... or cry. It is not logical and is a little bit exaggerated. Americans just waiting for the right real news. I will be more specific information .... or cry. It is interesting the way to join two journalists. Perhaps there is distrust, but cooperation is key of counteraction.The acting is good. I would point out a very good performance of George Sanders. The suspense and excitement in Hitchcock's films simply attract. Humor is so genuine and healthy. I must admit that from the director did not expect the final dose of nationalism. However, this is probably the essence and purpose.

Christopher Reid Foreign Correspondent has a story that takes many unexpected turns right up to the end. It refuses to fit into any simple categorisation. It has aspects of a thriller but also a fair amount of romance, drama and comedy. And I suppose it is partially about war and politics and spies as well. I really enjoyed the way it unfolded. The start of the movie is harmless enough but then an attempted murder jolts us into a mystery.John Jones (Joel McCrea) has been sent to England from America to get the inside word on the impending war in Europe (I guess it must be late August 1939 in that case). But he gets more than he bargained for, seeing things that don't add up and becoming aware of some kind of devious plot. He wants to report it but some of the evidence conveniently disappears. Corruption must be at work. George Sanders (playing ffolliott, with a double f instead of a capital) later helps him. He reminds me of Christopher Nolan, dapper and intelligent.Among all this, John falls in love with Carol Fisher (Laraine Day) who works with her father in trying to maintain peace. Their romance is more light-hearted and comedic compared to the rest of the film which creates an interesting dynamic.The dialogue in the movie is witty and entertaining. I enjoyed Hitchcock's twisted sense of humour which is sprinkled throughout. A person is inconveniently delayed in crossing the road by a car chase. A man is provided as a bodyguard for John but he behaves rather suspiciously. It's both tense and funny as we try to guess his intentions and what will happen. Even in deadly or threatening situations, the movie has an light tone.One highlight is an unexpected set piece on a plane. The special effects are impressive (and hold up surprisingly well for their time). The scene is very dramatic and exciting. It comes out of the blue and makes the movie more entertaining and original. Foreign Correspondent is not as dark or deep as some of Hitchcock's other films but it's still intriguing and suspenseful. It succeeds in what it tries to do and I haven't seen many other films like it.

JasparLamarCrabb Alfred Hitchcock's classic is a precursor to his later SABOTEUR & NORTH BY NORTHWEST. It's a thriller that runs at breakneck speed. Joel McCrae is the reluctant reporter sent to Europe (on the brink of war) and gets caught up in an assassination plot, a very outré peace-movement group and Laraine Day. There's plenty of comic moments infused into the clever script (worked on by, among others, James Hilton & Robert Benchley). McCrae and Day have a lot of chemistry and Herbert Marshall is great as Day's misguided father. Benchley himself plays one of McCrae's soused colleagues and George Sanders is a scene stealer as an unusually resourceful fellow reporter. The great set pieces include the now famous "wrong way windmill" scene. One of Hitchcock's absolute masterpieces. Filmed in the Netherlands and in Long Beach, CA.