Foreign Correspondent

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.

Genre : ThrillerMysteryAction

Runtime : 120 mins

Release Date : 1940-08-16

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Alfred Hitchcock presides over quite a fast paced jigsaw-puzzle of a film with this gripping WII espionage thriller. Joel McCrae is the American reporter "John Jones" who is despatched by his editor to get decent news coverage of what's going on in war-threatened Europe. No sooner has he landed tha...

Cast

Joel McCrea

(John Jones)

Laraine Day

(Carol Fisher)

Herbert Marshall

(Stephen Fisher)

George Sanders

(Scott ffolliott)

Albert Bassermann

(Van Meer)

Robert Benchley

(Stebbins)

Edmund Gwenn

(Rowley)

Eduardo Ciannelli

(Mr. Krug)

Harry Davenport

(Mr. Powers)

Martin Kosleck

(Tramp)

Frances Carson

(Mrs. Sprague)

Ian Wolfe

(Stiles)

Charles Wagenheim

(Assassin)

Eddie Conrad

(Latvian)

Charles Halton

(Bradley)

Barbara Pepper

(Dorine)

Emory Parnell

('Mohican' Captain)

Roy Gordon

(Mr. Brood)

Gertrude Hoffmann

(Mrs. Benson)

Marten Lamont

(Captain)

Barry Bernard

(Steward)

Holmes Herbert

(Asst. Commissioner)

Leonard Mudie

(McKenna)

John Burton

(English Announcer)

Samuel Adams

(Van Meer's Impersonator (uncredited))

Meeka Aldrich

(Donald's Wife (uncredited))

Jack Alfred

(Man (uncredited))

Bunny Beatty

(Man (uncredited))

Frank Benson

(Man (uncredited))

Billy Bester

(Man (uncredited))

Henry Blair

(Man (uncredited))

Becky Bohanon

(Sophie (uncredited))

Louis Borel

(Capt. Lawson (uncredited))

Barbara Boudwin

(Woman (uncredited))

Betty Bradley

(Cousin Mary (uncredited))

Louise Brien

(Woman (uncredited))

Ronald Brown

(Man (uncredited))

Horace B. Carpenter

(Man (uncredited))

Willy Castello

(Krug's Henchman at Windmill (uncredited))

George Cathrey

(Man (uncredited))

Wheaton Chambers

(Committeeman (uncredited))

Ken Christy

(Fake Dutch Detective (uncredited))

E. E. Clive

(Mr. Naismith (uncredited))

Gino Corrado

(Luncheon Waiter (uncredited))

Maurice Costello

(Man (uncredited))

John Dawson

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Harry Depp

(Uncle Buren (uncredited))

Elspeth Dudgeon

(Woman (uncredited))

Carl Ekberg

(Man (uncredited))

Helena Phillips Evans

(Mrs. Stiles (uncredited))

Herbert Evans

(Parking Valet (uncredited))

James Finlayson

(Dutch Peasant (uncredited))

Robert Fischer

(Man (uncredited))

George B. French

(Man (uncredited))

Bill Gavier

(Man (uncredited))

Jack George

(Hotel Waiter (uncredited))

Douglas Gordon

(Man (uncredited))

Alexander Granach

(Hotel Valet (uncredited))

Richard Hammond

(Man (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Luncheon Guest (uncredited))

Alfred Hitchcock

(Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited))

Otto Hoffman

(New York Globe Teletype Operator (uncredited))

Billy Horn

(Man (uncredited))

Paul Irving

(Dr. Williamson (uncredited))

Colin Kenny

(Doctor (uncredited))

Crauford Kent

(Toastmaster (uncredited))

Joan Leslie

(Jones' Sister (uncredited))

Gwendolyn Logan

(Woman (uncredited))

Eily Malyon

(College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited))

Eric Mayne

(Luncheon Guest (uncredited))

Jackie McGee

(Man (uncredited))

John Meredith

(Man (uncredited))

Thomas Mizer

(Man (uncredited))

Edmund Mortimer

(Luncheon Guest (uncredited))

John T. Murray

(Clark (Jones Family Member) (uncredited))

Henry Norton

(Luncheon Guest (uncredited))

Jane Novak

(Miss Benson (uncredited))

George Offerman, Jr.

(New York Globe Copy Boy (uncredited))

Lawrence Osman

(Boy (uncredited))

Hilda Plowright

(Miss Pimm (uncredited))

Thomas Pogue

(Airplane Passenger (uncredited))

Jack Rice

(Donald (uncredited))

Ronald R. Rondell

(Waiter (uncredited))

Loulette Sablon

(Woman (uncredited))

Harry Semels

(Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited))

Raymond Severn

(Boy (uncredited))

Frederick Sewell

(Man (uncredited))

Ernie Stanton

(Man (uncredited))

William Stelling

(Man (uncredited))

Donald Stuart

(Eric (uncredited))

Paul Sutton

(Man (uncredited))

Ferris Taylor

(Jones' Father (uncredited))

Dorothy Vaughan

(Jones' Mother (uncredited))

Jack Voglin

(Man (uncredited))

Hans von Morhart

(Dutch Policeman (uncredited))

Larry Wheat

(Luncheon Guest (uncredited))

Bert White

(Man (uncredited))

William Yetter Sr.

(Dutch Motor Policeman (uncredited))

Mary Young

(Auntie Maude (uncredited))

Herschel Graham

(Luncheon Guest (uncredited))