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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
Foreign Correspondent (1940) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cast. in credits order (verified as complete) Joel McCrea - Johnny Jones / Huntley Haverstock. Laraine Day - Carol Fisher. Herbert Marshall - Stephen Fisher. George Sanders - Scott Folliott. Albert Bassermann - Van Meer. Robert Benchley - Stebbins. Edmund Gwenn - Rowley.
Though Rebecca prevailed, Foreign Correspondent is the more quintessential Hitch film. 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 ...
- John Jones
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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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.
