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Foreign Correspondent

1940 2h 0m Alfred Hitchcock

Foreign Correspondent

★ 7.4 IMDb

Mystery & Thriller Action & Adventure War & Military Drama Romance

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.

Writers John Howard Lawson, Robert Benchley, Harold Clurman, Ben Hecht, Richard Maibaum, Charles Bennett

Cast Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders

DP Rudolph Maté

Production Designer Alexander Golitzen

Music Alfred Newman

Essays and Criticism

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Special Effects

Nominated Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Nominated Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White

Nominated Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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