Foreign Correspondent (1940) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Foreign Correspondent
Year
1940
Running time
115 min.
Country
United States
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Genre
Mystery | Espionage. Journalism
Synopsis
Johnny Jones, an insubordinate city desk reporter, is sent to London as a foreign correspondent. There he interviews Van Meer, leader of a peace movement endorsed by Universal Peace Party head Stephen Fisher. Johnny finds fisher's pretty young daughter, Carol, more interesting than the movement. In Amsterdam, Van Meer apparently is assassinated. Johnny and journalist Scott ffolliett follow the assassin into the countryside. Johnny investigates a windmill and find the real Van Meer, a drugged prisoner. His captors escape with their prisoner, and Johnny's story is not believed. After attempts on Johnny's life, Carol believes him. Now in love, they return to London, where Johnny realizes that her father is actually the leader of the conspirators. Johnny tries to protect Carol, who is totally innocent, but she misinterprets his motives, and they quarrel. He and Scott try without success to convince Scotland Yard of Fisher's conspiracy to stall peace efforts. Then war is declared. On board a clipper plane, Fisher explains to his daughter that he was only being loyal to his native country. Johnny, also on the plane, tries to make up with Carol.
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Awards
1940: 6 Nominations for Oscar, including Movie, Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Bassermann)
1940: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).
Critics' reviews
- "This film contains one of Hitchcock's most famous set pieces -- an assassination in the rain -- but otherwise remains a second-rate effort, as immensely enjoyable as it is."
- "Story is essentially the old cops-and-robbers. But it has been set in a background of international political intrigue of the largest order."
- "A strangely uninvolving thriller."
- "One of the great espionage films, gleaming with suspense, atmosphere and sharp dialogue, and tautly directed by Alfred Hitchcock."
- "The plot's twists and turns are cleverly and wittily maintained, and the supporting cast is impeccably chosen..."
- "Hitchcock's espionage thriller is a thoroughly enjoyable affair, complete with some of his most memorable set pieces."
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