#696: HITCHCOCK, Alfred: Foreign Correspondent (1940)
HITCHCOCK, Alfred (United States)
Other Hitchcock films in the Collection:
#885: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
#643: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
#56: The 39 Steps (1935)
#3: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
#135: Rebeccca (1940)
#136: Spellbound (1945)
#137: Notorious (1946)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Twenty page booklet featuring an essay by film scholar James Naremore.
Commentary
None.
Piece
On the film’s special effects by visual effects expert Craig Barron.
Hollywood Propaganda and World War II
An interview with writer Mark Harris.
Interview
With director Hitchcock from a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show.
Radio adaptation
Of the film from 1946, starring Joseph Cotten.
Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors
A 1942 Life magazine “photo-drama” by Hitchcock.
Trailer
Foreign Correspondent [1940]
Spine #696
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock made his official transition from the British film industry to Hollywood. And it was quite a year: his first two American movies, Rebecca and Foreign Correspondent, were both nominated for the best picture Oscar. Though Rebecca prevailed, Foreign Correspondent is the more quintessential Hitch film. A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war, it's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, and astonishing special effects. Foreign Correspondent deserves to be mentioned alongside The 39 Steps and North by Northwest as one of the master's greatest adventures.
120 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writers
Alfred Hitchcock was 41 when he directed Foreign Correspondent.
Screenplay by Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison.
Dialogue by Robert Benchley.
Other Hitchcock films in the Collection:
#885: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
#643: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
#56: The 39 Steps (1935)
#3: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
#135: Rebeccca (1940)
#136: Spellbound (1945)
#137: Notorious (1946)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Twenty page booklet featuring an essay by film scholar James Naremore.
Commentary
None.
Piece
On the film’s special effects by visual effects expert Craig Barron.
Hollywood Propaganda and World War II
An interview with writer Mark Harris.
Interview
With director Hitchcock from a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show.
Radio adaptation
Of the film from 1946, starring Joseph Cotten.
Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors
A 1942 Life magazine “photo-drama” by Hitchcock.
Trailer
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