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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

This film revolves around a man, his wife, and their daughter out on a Swiss holiday.  While dancing with the wife, a man is assassinated by a perfectly fired single bullet.  In his dying breath he tells the woman to go to his room, get his "brush", and to get it to the British consulate.

The wife tells the husband and he goes to find the brush.  But before he can get it into the ambassador's hands, his daughter is kidnapped in effort to keep him quiet.  From there it's an adventure to find the daughter and maintain the secret.

This film was remade by Hitchcock in 1956 and film buffs still continue to argue about which the better adaptation is. While this film is a great project, and is certainly well done for what was available at the time, the later version story is told considerably better. This version is also plagued by an exhausting final gunfight that seems to last forever and really does detract from the final image of the film. 

But you pick your favorite; far be it from us to do so.

(Directed by Hitchcock)

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