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Foreign Correspondent

The thrill spectacle of the year!

1940 · 2h

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

7.0

TMDB audience score
473 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

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Cast

  • Joel McCrea
    John Jones

  • Laraine Day
    Carol Fisher

  • Herbert Marshall
    Stephen Fisher

  • George Sanders
    Scott ffolliott

  • Albert Bassermann
    Van Meer

  • Robert Benchley
    Stebbins

  • Edmund Gwenn
    Rowley

  • Eduardo Ciannelli
    Mr. Krug

  • Harry Davenport
    Mr. Powers

  • Martin Kosleck
    Tramp

  • Frances Carson
    Mrs. Sprague

  • Ian Wolfe
    Stiles

  • Charles Wagenheim
    Assassin

  • Eddie Conrad
    Latvian

  • Charles Halton
    Bradley

  • Barbara Pepper
    Dorine

  • Emory Parnell
    'Mohican' Captain

  • Roy Gordon
    Mr. Brood