Made partly to raise the American public’s awareness of the Nazi threat, this picaresque espionage adventure follows a US journalist to London and Holland to cover a mooted peace treaty; instead, with the help of a diplomat’s daughter, he uncovers a conspiracy. Set pieces abound, including one at Westminster Cathedral and a windmill that conceals a sinister secret.
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Stunning set pieces abound in Alfred Hitchcock’s espionage adventure.
- 1940 USA
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison
- Featuring
- Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
- Running time
- 119 minutes
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