The rare self remake

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock this remake of his own earlier film of the same name stars James Stewart and Doris Day. An American family on holiday in Morocco are drawn into a series of mysterious events.

It is unusual that a director will remake one of his own films but Hitchcock does a good job here of reworking the story with some different locations. The plot itself is nothing that unusual but as always the film is well made given who the director is. What makes the film worth watching is the centre piece to the finale, the Albert Hall sequence which is really impressive.

4/5