Foreign Correspondent
1940
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Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea
Original language
English
Production companies
WALTER WANGER PICTURES INC., Walter Wanger Production
Awards
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Setting
England, Netherlands
Crew
Cinematography
Burnett Guffey, Rudolph Maté
Editing
Dorothy Spencer
Music
Alfred Newman
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Locarno International Film Festival 2004 generic
- Academy Awards 1941 academy_award
- National Board of Review 1940 generic
Titles
| Original title | Foreign Correspondent | |
| Alternate title | Correspondant 17 | |
| Alternate title | Personal History |
Full credits
| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Cast | Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey, Rudolph Maté |
| Editing | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music | Alfred Newman |
| Production design | Alexander Golitzen |
| Sound | Frank Maher |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
