Foreign Correspondent (1940)
16 Aug 1940 ● English ● 2 hrs 0 mins
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!
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 Krug
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
Writers
Screenplay Writer
Dialogue Writer
Editorial
Editor
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!
Filming Locations:
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.
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.
