Quick Facts
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
Runtime2h 0m · PG
GenresAction · Mystery · Thriller
Release1940-08-16
Film
Foreign Correspondent
1940· PG· 2h 0m· Action· Mystery· Thriller
“The thrill spectacle of the year!”
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.
1940-08-16
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Key Crew
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
ScreenplayCharles Bennett
ProducerWalter Wanger
Director of PhotographyRudolph Maté
Original Music ComposerAlfred Newman
EditorDorothy Spencer
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 19 crew)
Details
Released1940-08-16
Runtime2h 0m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosWalter Wanger Productions
LanguagesEnglish · Italian · Latvian · German
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.0/10 · 446 votes
Original languageen
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