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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Film · 121 min
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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Very interesting article. I've just watched Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" [1] a few days ago, a film made ~40 years after Wharton's visit and with another World War in between, and the orientalism was still there, front and center. The scene where James Stewart (an actor that I love, otherwise) tries to eat traditional Moroccan food is a prime example of it. [2]
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049470/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FkWnwK08IQ
> The issue first surfaced during Bork`s confirmation hearings, when a Washington newspaper published lists of the judge`s video rentals during the last several years. The films were general releases such as ''Ruthless People,'' ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' and ''A Day at the Races''; there were no X-rated rentals.
~Chicago Tribune, November 20, 1987 (source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-11-20-8703270590-story.html)
Some of the listed titles, since the site seems to be under heavy load:
Books:
* Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume I and Volume II
* Philip K. Dick, Minority Report
* Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever
* Fred Gibson, Old Yeller
* Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues
* Alan Lerner, My Fair Lady
* Eugene O’Neill, Long Day’s Journey into Night
* John Osborne, Look Back in Anger
* Dodie Smith, 101 Dalmatians
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Movie titles:
* Around the World in 80 Days
* The Best Things in Life are Free
* Forbidden Planet
* Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
* It Conquered the World
* The King and I
* The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 remake by Alfred Hitchcock of his 1934 British film)
* Moby Dick
* The Searchers (1956 film version with John Wayne from Alan Le May’s 1954 novel)
* The Ten Commandments (1956 version by Cecil B. DeMille, who also directed a similar film in 1923)