Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

streetlight2 Not sure what Hitchcock film is worse than this monstrosity. Dorris Day is miscast and the boy is obnoxious.

alexanderdavies-99382 I'm not quite sure why Alfred Hitchcock remade his classic film "The Man Who Knew Too Much." The 1934 version is an absolute joy from beginning to end and I wouldn't change anything about it. The 1956 version is rather slow in places and is too long. I can understand why it is enjoyed, seeing as the film has James Stewart and Doris Day involved. I don't dislike the 1956 version at all but it can't maintain the suspense. There are some boring bits which could have been edited before release. The opening of the above version is set in North Africa instead of in Switzerland and there is a lot more in the way of location shooting. I thought it a good idea to base and shoot some of the film in London. James Stewart and Doris Day are good as the parents who frantically search for their captured son after stumbling onto a sinister plot to assassinate a visiting diplomatic. I did enjoy the climax of this version though, it is good.

Karl Self Doris Day in a Hitchcock movie where she sings "Que sera, sera" -- twice? Yes, it really did happen. And what's more, it was Hitchcock's remake of one of his own, earlier, British films. You'd expect him to have phoned this one home, or at least to have ironed out the snags of his first version -- but, amazingly, the remake is a complete dud. At least the concept is interesting -- an average guy becomes a peon -- and ultimately, hero -- in a spy story. A bit like in Die Hard, but without the explosions. But the story is ludicrous, a spy gives him a vital bit of information for no reason whatsoever, except to kickstart the story. And, equally for no discernible reason, except for the exotic scenery, the first part of the film takes place in Marrakesh. Unfortunately, the hammy scriptwriting continues all through the film. I had to check the box to make sure this really was an Alfred Hitchcock film.

christopher-underwood Pleasant enough diversion but not one of Hitchcock's best. The Brixton, Camden and Marrakech locations are great but the sets and back projections less so. There are one or two scenes in Marrakech where it is almost all back projection. I wonder sometimes if Hitch actually enjoyed the artifice and thought it fun to try to deceive. Rear view from a taxi, okay but almost entire market scenes, I don't think so. Anyway its colourful and engaging with Stewart and Day just about holding things together with not too much help from a seemingly hapless Bernard Miles. There are moments when the score and even the action seem to anticipate the far superior Vertigo but there is enough to keep things going and those real location shots are priceless.