Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent was produced and released in 1940.
Cast
Joel McCrea... John Jones / Huntley Haverstock
Laraine Day... Carol Fisher
Herbert Marshall... Stephen Fisher
George Sanders... Ffolliott (in the film he insists that is it to be written with a minuscle f: "ffollliott")
Albert Bassermann... Van Meer (credited as Albert Basserman)
Robert Benchley... Stebbins
Edmund Gwenn... Rowley
Eduardo Ciannelli... Mr. Krug (credited as Eduardo Cianelli)
Harry Davenport... Mr. Powers
Martin Kosleck... Tramp
Frances Carson... Mrs. Sprague
Ian Wolfe... Stiles
Charles Wagenheim... Assassin
Eddie Conrad... Latvian (credited as Edward Conrad)
Charles Halton... Bradley
Barbara Pepper... Dorine
Emory Parnell... 'Mohican' Captain
Roy Gordon... Mr. Brood
Gertrude Hoffman... Mrs. Benson
Marten Lamont... Captain (credited as Martin Lamont)
Barry Bernard... Steward
Holmes Herbert... Assistant Commissioner
Leonard Mudie... McKenna
John Burton... English Announcer
Oscar Nominations for Foreign Correspondent
- Nominated for Best Picture 1940
- Nominated for Supporting Actor 1940: Albert Basserman
- Nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay) 1940: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison
- Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black and White) 1940: Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction
- Nominated for Cinematography (Black and White) 1940: Rudolph Maté
- Nominated for Special Effects 1940: Paul Eagler - Special Effects (Photographic), Thomas T. Moulton - Special Effects (Sound)
Edmund Gwenn's Appearences in Hitchock's Films
Role |
Film |
Mr Hornblower |
The Skin Game (1931) |
| Johann Strauss the Elder | Waltzes from Vienna (1933) |
| Rowley | Foreign Correspondent (1940): In Foreign Correspondent Rowley (Edmund Gwenn) repeatedly tries to kill the hero Huntley Haverstock Haverstock (Joel McCrea). When Gwenn in a memorable scene tries to push Haverstock off the top of the Westminster Cathedral tower, Haverstock steps aside just in time and Rowley plunges to his death. |
Captain Albert Wiles |
The Trouble with Harry (1955) |
More actors in Hitchcock movies
Themes and Motifs in Alfred Hitchcock's Films
Newspapers • Alcohol • Birds motif • Blackmail • Film in the Film • Flashbacks • Kiss • High Angle Shots • Homosexuality • Murders • Serial Killers • Strangulation • Subjective Camera • Titles design (opening credit •