Pros: Great adventure and story Cons: The mix of comedy and action creates a difficult tone
Foreign Correspondent is one of the more complicated but action-packed films of Alfred from the 1940s and one that deserves special attention due to the excellent script that bears the touches of some of the best scriptwriters in Hollywood. This ...
Pros: Intelligent dialogue, action and plot Cons: None
Who says a crime reporter can't become a good foreign correspondent? The dark 1940 movie "Foreign Correspondent" delves into European political issues and gives us a little side look at newspapers on the eve of World War II. In the process, ...
Pros: exciting, suspenseful story with characters that you care about Cons: the tacked-on propagandistic ending, some unlikely coincidences
Foreign Correspondent (1940) is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s openly anti-Nazi films, along with Saboteur, Notorious and Lifeboat. Most of his films are not political at all. This excellent screenplay rises above mere wartime ...
Alfred Hitchcock, by name alone, evokes emotions and memories for movie fans everywhere -- even those who have never seen his work. Consider the famous shower scene in Psycho, Hitchcock's best-known picture, referenced and parodied so often that it ...
Rebecca was the first American production for English director Alfred Hitchcock. It would turn out to be one of his best films, and the only one to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director, but lost. In...
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