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Foreign Correspondent

on BBC Two England

Spy thriller, concluding Saturday Matinee Hitchcock double bill.
Starring Joel McCrea, Laraine Day

August 1939: top crime reporter Johnny Jones, under the alias Huntley Haverstock, is sent to Europe to cover diplomatic attempts to avert the outbreak of war. But he soon gets embroiled in the devious world of secret agents.
(1940, PG) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 66-73 ***

Contributors

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Johnny Jones/Huntley Haverstock:
Joel McCrea
Carol Fisher:
Laraine Day
Stephen Fisher:
Herbert Marshall
Scott Ffolliott:
George Sanders
VanMeer:
Albert Basserman
Stebbins:
Robert Benchley
Rowley:
Edmund Gwenn
Krug:
Eduardo Ciannelli
Tramp:
Martin Kosleck
Mr Powers:
Harry Davenport
Doreen:
Barbara Pepper

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