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Movie
language
English
duration
115 min
genre
thriller
theme
spy
director
Alfred Hitchcock
Score
6 / 10

Foreign Correspondent (a.k.a. Imposter and Personal History) is a 1940 American black-and-white spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of an American reporter based in Britain who tries to expose enemy spies involved in a fictional continent-wide conspiracy in the prelude to World War II. It stars Joel McCrea and features 19-year-old Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Basserman, and Robert Benchley, along with Edmund Gwenn.

Plot

In mid-August 1939, just before the outbreak of World WarII, the editor of the New York Morning Globe, Mr. Powers (Harry Davenport), sends crime reporter John Jones, using the pen name "Huntley Haverstock" (Joel McCrea), to Europe to report on conditions there. Jones's first assignment is to interview a Dutch diplomat named Van Meer (Albert Basserman), at a luncheon.

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    award National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
    contentLocation England Netherlands
    director Alfred Hitchcock
    editor Dorothy Spencer
    genre political thriller
    keywords albert basserman burn :c:file:foreign correspondent cambridge capture crime reporter drug float flying boat hide hotel room kidnap kill meet morning newspaper editor pen name police officer radio broadcast run short s.30 empire trailer war correspondent westminster cathedral world war
    musicBy Alfred Newman
    nomination Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Special Effects Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    producer Walter Wanger
    productionCompany Walter Wanger Productions
    publisher United Artists
    theme political thriller spy trick