Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
Release: 1940-08-16
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 7.0
Thriller
Mystery
Action
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Walter Wanger Productions
Cast
Joel McCrea
as John Jones
Laraine Day
as Carol Fisher
Herbert Marshall
as Stephen Fisher
George Sanders
as Scott ffolliott
Albert Bassermann
as Van Meer
Robert Benchley
as Stebbins
Edmund Gwenn
as Rowley
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Mr. Krug
Harry Davenport
as Mr. Powers
Martin Kosleck
as Tramp
Frances Carson
as Mrs. Sprague
Ian Wolfe
as Stiles
Charles Wagenheim
as Assassin
Eddie Conrad
as Latvian
Charles Halton
as Bradley
Barbara Pepper
as Dorine
Emory Parnell
as 'Mohican' Captain
Roy Gordon
as Mr. Brood
Gertrude Hoffmann
as Mrs. Benson
Marten Lamont
as Captain
Barry Bernard
as Steward
Holmes Herbert
as Asst. Commissioner
Leonard Mudie
as McKenna
Samuel Adams
as Van Meer's Impersonator (uncredited)
Bunny Beatty
as Man (uncredited)
Louis Borel
as Capt. Lawson (uncredited)
Louise Brien
as Woman (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter
as Man (uncredited)
Willy Castello
as Krug's Henchman at Windmill (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
as Committeeman (uncredited)
E. E. Clive
as Mr. Naismith (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Luncheon Waiter (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Man (uncredited)
John Dawson
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Depp
as Uncle Buren (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Woman (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
as Parking Valet (uncredited)
James Finlayson
as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
Robert Fischer
as Man (uncredited)
George B. French
as Man (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon
as Man (uncredited)
Alexander Granach
as Hotel Valet (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
as New York Globe Teletype Operator (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Doctor (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
as Toastmaster (uncredited)
Joan Leslie
as Jones' Sister (uncredited)
Eily Malyon
as College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Luncheon Guest (uncredited)
John T. Murray
as Clark (Jones Family Member) (uncredited)
Jane Novak
as Miss Benson (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
as New York Globe Copy Boy (uncredited)
Jack Rice
as Donald (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as Waiter (uncredited)
Harry Semels
as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Raymond Severn
as Boy (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton
as Man (uncredited)
William Stelling
as Man (uncredited)
Donald Stuart
as Eric (uncredited)
Paul Sutton
as Man (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
as Jones' Father (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
as Jones' Mother (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Luncheon Guest (uncredited)
Mary Young
as Auntie Maude (uncredited)
Crew
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Joan Harrison
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Rudolph Maté
Director of Photography
Charles Bennett
Screenplay
Richard Maibaum
Screenplay
James Hilton
Dialogue
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Robert Benchley
Dialogue
William Cameron Menzies
Special Effects