As a big fan of Jimmy Stewart, I was prepared for a great movie but was sorely disappointed. Mr. Stewart's superb acting is all that holds this flimsy work together. Doris Day is terribly miscast and I wonder if she was put into the film just so she could sing Que Sera repeatedly. No assassin would use a pistol to fire at someone thirty yards away and no assassin would keep to his mission once he knew he had been discovered. I'm also curious as to how the British authorities knew, upon the arrival of Dr. and Mrs Ben to London, of the kidnapping of Dr. Ben's son, considering that the good doctor and his wife decided to keep it a secret. This film also is too dated. There are too many scenes of them in a car or a wagon with a screen behind them. Screens are used as backdrops in some scenes, even though some of the movie was filmed in Marrakesh. I do not understand why film on location, then use a screen, unless this would be necessary for sound quality. All in all, a disappointing film and a very so so conclusion.
Review of The Man Who Knew Too Much
