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Foreign Correspondent (a.k.a. Imposter and Personal History) is a 1940 American black-and-white spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of an American reporter based in Britain who tries to expose enemy spies involved in a fictional continent-wide conspiracy in the prelude to World War II.
Foreign Correspondent: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders. On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
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- Action, Romance, Thriller
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1940-08-16
Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent features a winning combination of international intrigue, comic relief, and some of the legendary director's most memorable set pieces. Read Critics ...
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- Joel Mccrea
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Mystery & Thriller
A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war, it’s wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects.
- John Jones
Disgusted by the publicity handouts that his foreign correspondents have been wiring in as news stories, the editor of the New York Morning Globe assigns crime reporter Johnny Jones to deliver the hard facts from Europe. Using the name Huntley Haverstock, Johnny voyages to London to interview Van Meer, a Dutch diplomat who has committed to ...
- Alfred Hitchcock, E. F. Bernoudy
- Joel Mccrea
Insubordinate city-desk reporter Johnny Jones 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.
Foreign Correspondent, American spy film, released in 1940, that was a classic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, his second Hollywood production. (Read Alfred Hitchcock’s 1965 Britannica essay on film production.) American reporter Johnny Jones (played by Joel McCrea) is assigned to be his.
