Foreign Correspondent (1940)

 ●  English ● 2 hrs 0 mins

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On the eve of WWII, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.

Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day

Crew: Alfred Hitchcock (Director), Rudolph Mate (Director of Photography), Alfred Newman (Music Director)

Genres: Action, Romance, Thriller, War

Release Dates: 16 Aug 1940 (India)

Tagline: The thrill spectacle of the year!

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Did you know? In a 1972 interview on The Dick Cavett Show (1968), Sir Alfred Hitchcock revealed that the plane crash scene was filmed by using footage shot from a stunt plane diving on the ocean, rear projected on rice paper in front of a cockpit set. Also, behind the rice paper were two chutes aimed at the cockpit's windshield connected to large tanks of water. With the press of a button at the right moment, water came crashing through the rice paper, into the plane simulating the plane crashing into the sea from the cockpit view. Read More
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as John Jones
as Carol Fisher
as Van Meer
as Dorine
as Bradley
as Assassin
as Latvian
as Rowley
as Sprague
as Ffolliott
as Benson
as Powers
as Stephen Fisher
as Assistant Commissioner
as Stiles
as English Announcer
as McKenna
as Captain
as Tramp
as Stebbins
as Brood

Direction

Director
Second Assistant Director
Assistant Director

Production

Production Company
Production Manager

Writers

Screenplay Writer
Dialogue Writer

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography
Still Photographer

Music

Music Director

Sound

Sound Designer
Sound Effects Editor

Art

Art Director
Associate Art Director

Editorial

Makeup and Hair

Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist

Special Effects

Special Effects Coordinator

Stunts

Stunt Double
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Taglines:
The thrill spectacle of the year!
Trivia:
Albert Bassermann, who plays the Dutch diplomat Van Meer, couldn't speak a word of English and learned all his lines phonetically.

The film's shooting was completed on May 29, 1940, after which director Sir Alfred Hitchcock made a visit to England. He returned on July 3 with the word that the Germans were expected to start bombing at any time. Ben Hecht was hurriedly called in and wrote the tacked-on final scene set at a London radio station. It was filmed on July 5, and the real-life bombing started on July 10, 1940.

In a 1972 interview on The Dick Cavett Show (1968), Sir Alfred Hitchcock revealed that the plane crash scene was filmed by using footage shot from a stunt plane diving on the ocean, rear projected on rice paper in front of a cockpit set. Also, behind the rice paper were two chutes aimed at the cockpit's windshield connected to large tanks of water. With the press of a button at the right moment, water came crashing through the rice paper, into the plane simulating the plane crashing into the sea from the cockpit view.