Their child is snatched in order to insure their silence. Gelin is stabbed in the back at a market place in Marrakesh and whispers some dying words to Stewart about an assassination to take place in Albert Hall in London. Day and Stewart are on vacation with their son Christopher Olsen in Morocco and they make the acquaintance of Frenchman Daniel Gelin and the aforementioned English couple, Bernard Miles and Brenda DaBanzie. But Doris especially as she registers about four different emotions at once. Stewart and Day play off each other beautifully in that scene. Her best scene is when her doctor husband James Stewart gives her a sedative before telling her their son has been kidnapped by an English couple who befriended them in Morocco. Doris does some of her best acting ever in The Man Who Knew Too Much. Possibly because her wholesome screen image was at odds with the sophistication Hitchcock also wanted in his blondes. At first glance she would fit the profile of blond leading ladies that Hitchcock favored. I do wonder why Hitchcock never used Doris again. This was James Stewart's third of four Hitchcock films and his only teaming with Doris Day and her only Hitchcock film. This is shot on location in Marrakesh and London and has two big international names for box office. For whatever reason he chose this of all his films to remake, Hitchcock now with an international reputation and a big Hollywood studio behind him (Paramount)decided to see what The Man Who Knew Too Much would be like with a lavish budget. The original film was shot inside a studio. Of course part of the reason for the acclaim was that folks marveled how Hitchcock on such a skimpy budget as compared to lavish Hollywood products was able to provide so much on the screen. The original The Man Who Knew Too Much brought Alfred Hitchcock acclaim for the first time outside of the United Kingdom.
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