The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Cast

• James Stewart as Ben McKenna
• Doris Day as Jo McKenna
• Brenda De Banzie as Lucy Drayton
• Bernard Miles as Edward Drayton
• Ralph Truman as Buchanan
• Daniel Gélin as Louis Bernard
• Mogens Wieth as Ambassador
• Alan Mowbray as Val Parnell
• Hillary Brooke as Jan Peterson
• Christopher Olsen as Hank McKenna
• Reggie Nalder as Rien
• Richard Wattis as Assistant Manager
• Noel Willman as Woburn
• Alix Talton as Helen Parnell
• Yves Brainville as Police Inspector
• Carolyn Jones as Cindy Fontaine
• Bernard Herrmann as Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited)
• Patrick Aherne as Handyman (uncredited)
• Frank Albertson as Taxidermist (uncredited)
• Frank Atkinson as Edgar (uncredited)
• John Barrard as Taxidermist Holding Panther (uncredited)
• Mayne Lynton as Grey-Haired Taxidermist (uncredited)
• Clifford Buckton as Sir Kenneth Clarke (uncredited)
• Walter Bacon as Church Member (uncredited)
• Lovyss Bradley as Church Member (uncredited)
• Nora Bush as Church Member (uncredited)
• Ann Kunde as Church Member (uncredited)
• Jean Ransome as Church Member (uncredited)
• Albert Carrier as French Policeman (uncredited)
• Louis Mercier as French Policeman (uncredited)
• Anthony Warde as French Policeman (uncredited)
• Frank Baker as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
• Oliver Cross as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
• Sam Harris as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
• Jimmie Horan as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
• Carl M. Leviness as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
• Lee Miller as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
• Arthur Tovey as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
• Harry Fine as Edington (uncredited)
• Alex Frazer as Man in Box Office Lobby (uncredited)

Crew

• John Michael Hayes — Screenplay
• Alfred Hitchcock — Director
• Alfred Hitchcock — Producer
• Robert Burks — Director of Photography
• Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer

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