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Foreign Correspondent

On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Year

Genre

action, romance, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

Walter Wanger Productions

Awards

Nominated for 6 Oscars. 1 win & 6 nominations total

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John Jones

Carol Fisher

Stephen Fisher

Herbert Marshall

Scott ffolliott

Van Meer

Albert Bassermann

Stebbins

Robert Benchley

Rowley

Mr. Krug

Eduardo Ciannelli

Mr. Powers

Harry Davenport

Tramp

Mrs. Sprague

Stiles

Assassin

Charles Wagenheim

Latvian

Bradley

Dorine

Captain John Mark

Mr. Brood

Mrs. Benson

Gertrude Hoffman

Captain

Steward

Asst. Commissioner

McKenna

English Announcer

Van Meer's Impersonator

Donald's Wife

Undetermined Secondary Role

Undetermined Secondary Role

Undetermined Secondary Role

Undetermined Secondary Role

Luncheon Guest

Undetermined Secondary Role

Sophie

Capt. Lawson

Barmaid

Barbara Boudwin

Cousin Mary

Undetermined Secondary Role

Luncheon Guest

Undetermined Secondary Role

Luncheon Guest

Krug's Henchman at Windmill

Undetermined Secondary Role

Committeeman

Wheaton Chambers

Fake Dutch Detective

Mr. Naismith

Luncheon Waiter

Undetermined Secondary Role

Maurice Costello

Undetermined Secondary Role

Uncle Buren

Fake Dutch Policeman

Undetermined Secondary Role

Mrs. Stiles

Helena Phillips Evans

Parking Valet

Dutch Peasant

James Finlayson

Undetermined Secondary Role

Undetermined Secondary Role

George B. French

Undetermined Secondary Role

Hotel Waiter

Luncheon Guest

Herschel Graham

Hotel Valet

Alexander Granach

Undetermined Secondary Role

Richard Hammond

Luncheon Guest

Man with Newspaper on Street

Alfred Hitchcock

New York Globe Teletype Operator

Undetermined Secondary Role

Dr. Williamson

Doctor

Toastmaster

Jones' Sister (as Joan Brodel)

Luncheon Guest

Carl M. Leviness

Undetermined Secondary Role

Gwendolyn Logan

College Arms Hotel Cashier

Luncheon Guest

Undetermined Secondary Role

Luncheon Guest

Undetermined Secondary Role

Undetermined Secondary Role

Luncheon Guest

Undetermined Secondary Role

Luncheon Guest

Edmund Mortimer

Clark

Luncheon Guest

Miss Benson

Undetermined Secondary Role

New York Globe Copy Boy

George Offerman Jr.

Undetermined Secondary Role

Miss Pimm

Hilda Plowright

Airplane Passenger

Donald

Waiter

Ronald R. Rondell

Undetermined Secondary Role

Loulette Sablon

Man in Sidewalk Crowd

Schoolboy in Tower

Undetermined Secondary Role

Frederick Sewell

Undetermined Secondary Role

Undetermined Secondary Role

William Stelling

Eric

Undetermined Secondary Role

Jones' Father

Jones' Mother

Dorothy Vaughan

Undetermined Secondary Role

Dutch Policeman

Hans von Morhart

Luncheon Guest

Undetermined Secondary Role

Dutch Motor Policeman

William Yetter Sr.

Auntie Maude

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John Jones Carol Fisher Scott Ffolliott Stebbins Mr. Krug Van Meer Captain John Mark Mr. Powers Fake Dutch Detective Stephen Fisher Asst. Commissioner English Announcer

- What's new?
- Same old daily bunkeroo. - Foreign Correspondent

- What's new? - Same old daily bunkeroo.

It's exciting being present at the christening of a newspaper correspondent - Foreign Correspondent

It's exciting being present at the christening of a...

A Scotch and soda - Foreign Correspondent

A Scotch and soda

It makes them think that you're working for them - Foreign Correspondent

It makes them think that you're working for them

There's an invitation to that lunch for the Dutchman Van Meer tomorrow - Foreign Correspondent

There's an invitation to that lunch for the Dutchman...

Then I take it you don't think there's much hope for peace - Foreign Correspondent

Then I take it you don't think there's much hope...

I was trying to find out what you know about the possibility of a general war - Foreign Correspondent

I was trying to find out what you know about the possibility...

You never hear of circumstances over which we have no control - Foreign Correspondent

You never hear of circumstances over which we have no...

I wonder if you know a friend of mine - Foreign Correspondent

I wonder if you know a friend of mine

No English? - Foreign Correspondent

If you speak English - Foreign Correspondent

If you speak English

You don't mind being Huntley Haverstock do you - Foreign Correspondent

You don't mind being Huntley Haverstock do you

Milords, ladies and gentlemen... - Foreign Correspondent

Milords, ladies and gentlemen...

I think the world has been run long enough by well meaning professionals - Foreign Correspondent

I think the world has been run long enough by well meaning...

This is Huntley Haverstock who represents the New York Globe - Foreign Correspondent

This is Huntley Haverstock who represents the New York Globe

Don't get into any mischief will you - Foreign Correspondent

Don't get into any mischief will you

Mr. Van Meer. How are you? - Foreign Correspondent

Mr. Van Meer. How are you?

You'd better get out of here.
Might be dangerous. - Foreign Correspondent

You'd better get out of here. Might be dangerous.

Who has he shot - Foreign Correspondent

Who has he shot

This is Scott ffolliott - Foreign Correspondent

This is Scott ffolliott

- It's stopped raining. Surs coming up.
- The police are coming. - Foreign Correspondent

- It's stopped raining. Surs coming up. - The police ar...

It's the most amazing disappearing trick
I've ever seen. - Foreign Correspondent

It's the most amazing disappearing trick I've ever...

Vanished. - Foreign Correspondent

This isn't catching any assassins. - Foreign Correspondent

This isn't catching any assassins.

It's a signal.
It's a signal for that plane to land. - Foreign Correspondent

It's a signal. It's a signal for that plane to lan...

See? Old mill. - Foreign Correspondent

But it isn't... - Foreign Correspondent

But it isn't...

He doesn't know what you're
talking about. There are no other people. - Foreign Correspondent

He doesn't know what you're talking about. There a...

There's one thing I can show you.
The assassins' car. The one we followed. - Foreign Correspondent

There's one thing I can show you. The assassins' c...

Rather a unique specimen, old boy.
The only one horsepower car in the world. - Foreign Correspondent

Rather a unique specimen, old boy. The only one horsepower c...

I know I look a fool - Foreign Correspondent

I know I look a fool

Who is it? - Foreign Correspondent

Does this chief of police speak English - Foreign Correspondent

Does this chief of police speak English

The exchange doesn't answer.
I'll call later. - Foreign Correspondent

The exchange doesn't answer. I'll call later.

Please don't bother to come. - Foreign Correspondent

Please don't bother to come.

You've made quite a day of it - Foreign Correspondent

You've made quite a day of it

Don't you think you've been talking through your hat long enough - Foreign Correspondent

Don't you think you've been talking through your...

Your childish mind is as out of place in Europe as you are in my bedroom - Foreign Correspondent

Your childish mind is as out of place in Europe as you are...

You see what you're doing - Foreign Correspondent

You see what you're doing

Now for the last time - Foreign Correspondent

Now for the last time

They'll stick to me like a couple of tattoo marks until they get me - Foreign Correspondent

They'll stick to me like a couple of tattoo marks until...

Don't go. - Foreign Correspondent

Ffolliott Give me Mr ffolliott's room please - Foreign Correspondent

Ffolliott Give me Mr ffolliott's room please

Operator send a waiter up to 537 - Foreign Correspondent

Operator send a waiter up to 537

No sign of them yet.
Let's hide ourselves in the cabin. - Foreign Correspondent

No sign of them yet. Let's hide ourselves in the cabin.

I'd do it if I could - Foreign Correspondent

I'd do it if I could

One cabin isn't going to do us much good - Foreign Correspondent

One cabin isn't going to do us much good

Were you really going to tip that man 5 pounds - Foreign Correspondent

Were you really going to tip that man 5 pounds

- Good morning, Miss Carol.
- Stiles, this is Mr. Haverstock. - Foreign Correspondent

- Good morning, Miss Carol. - Stiles, this is Mr. Haverstock...

This is the kind America's waiting for - Foreign Correspondent

This is the kind America's waiting for

If what you say is true - Foreign Correspondent

If what you say is true

I'm gonna be a fine foreign correspondent hiding in an attic somewhere - Foreign Correspondent

I'm gonna be a fine foreign correspondent hiding in an...

- Mr. Haverstock?
- Is this the man? - Foreign Correspondent

- Mr. Haverstock? - Is this the man?

Why, Carol. - Foreign Correspondent

Did you see that?
Someone deliberately pushed me. - Foreign Correspondent

Did you see that? Someone deliberately pushed me.

I'm not certain - Foreign Correspondent

I'm not certain

I'll do it, sir. I understand the money.
It'll be quicker. - Foreign Correspondent

I'll do it, sir. I understand the money. It'll be ...

Do you want to go right in? - Foreign Correspondent

Do you want to go right in?

How about a trip up top, sir?
That'd really put them off the scent. - Foreign Correspondent

How about a trip up top, sir? That'd really put them of...

- I can't see.
- Here, here. - Foreign Correspondent

- I can't see. - Here, here.

Not yet, boys. Come. - Foreign Correspondent

Not yet, boys. Come.

You must excuse me getting scared
when you leaned over just now, sir. - Foreign Correspondent

You must excuse me getting scared when you leaned over just ...

No stairs for me.
I'm going to take the elevator. - Foreign Correspondent

No stairs for me. I'm going to take the elevator.

When are you going to send the story in to the esteemed gazette - Foreign Correspondent

When are you going to send the story in to the esteemed...

I thought you were cold on this story - Foreign Correspondent

I thought you were cold on this story

That was a break, her coming,
and suggesting they go to the country. - Foreign Correspondent

That was a break, her coming, and suggesting they go to the ...

There hasn't been a sign of anybody
for the last 30 miles. - Foreign Correspondent

There hasn't been a sign of anybody for the last 30 mil...

Hello? - Foreign Correspondent

You've turned European on me overnight - Foreign Correspondent

You've turned European on me overnight

If you knew how much I love you - Foreign Correspondent

If you knew how much I love you

There. What'd I tell you? - Foreign Correspondent

There. What'd I tell you?

Terrible thing, sir, that poor man
who was here this morning. - Foreign Correspondent

Terrible thing, sir, that poor man who was here this morning...

Who gave you the message that
Miss Carol's gone to her Aunt Margaret's? - Foreign Correspondent

Who gave you the message that Miss Carol's gone to her ...

- Scott, I delivered him all right.
- Good. - Foreign Correspondent

- Scott, I delivered him all right. - Good.

I found out that he wanted - Foreign Correspondent

I found out that he wanted

In the meantime - Foreign Correspondent

In the meantime

242 Charlotte Street,
at the top of Tottenam Court Road. - Foreign Correspondent

242 Charlotte Street, at the top of Tottenam Court Road.

Wait here until Haverstock turns up.
He's bound to come here. - Foreign Correspondent

Wait here until Haverstock turns up. He's bound to come...

Might I use your telephone? - Foreign Correspondent

Might I use your telephone?

- Where is he?
- In there. - Foreign Correspondent

- Where is he? - In there.

It's an attractive nest, I know,
and the music... - Foreign Correspondent

It's an attractive nest, I know, and the music...

Put your arm around him.
Hold his head forward. - Foreign Correspondent

Put your arm around him. Hold his head forward.

I represent the Jupiter Life Assurance - Foreign Correspondent

I represent the Jupiter Life Assurance

There's no help - Foreign Correspondent

There's no help

All right. I will tell you... - Foreign Correspondent

All right. I will tell you...

They must've gone the other way. - Foreign Correspondent

They must've gone the other way.

Ring Mayfair 24574 - Foreign Correspondent

Ring Mayfair 24574

- Any message for me?
- What name? - Foreign Correspondent

- Any message for me? - What name?

In a very difficult way - Foreign Correspondent

In a very difficult way

In love with the girl and gonna help hang her father - Foreign Correspondent

In love with the girl and gonna help hang her father

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On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.

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Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, James Hilton

Production: Walter Wanger Productions

Genre: action, romance, thriller

Year: 1940

MetaScore: 88/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Aug 1940

Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. 1 win & 6 nominations total

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