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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- NR
- 08/16/1940 (US)
- Thriller, Mystery, Action
- 2h
The thrill spectacle of the year!
Overview
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.
Charles Bennett
ScreenplayJoan Harrison
ScreenplayAlfred Hitchcock
DirectorRichard Maibaum
ScreenplayCast
![Joel McCrea's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/k2DhZdrEKtauhnauAuivYO84Vee.jpg)
Joel McCrea
John Jones![Laraine Day's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/rprHvH9QWqHlFPDfNy0N9RGtvqy.jpg)
Laraine Day
Carol Fisher![Herbert Marshall's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/r2DrJ6dxBNSjCtP7PRNBsYjbNI2.jpg)
Herbert Marshall
Stephen Fisher![George Sanders's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/5tzdY4lCnfbLZU8Wblp5xfjn10B.jpg)
George Sanders
Scott ffolliott![Albert Bassermann's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/uigX73KXCG55UXxM7dkg3Mg35VB.jpg)
Albert Bassermann
Van Meer![Robert Benchley's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/qXJtEUZW459w8hKEcvo4FauhOBy.jpg)
Robert Benchley
Stebbins![Edmund Gwenn's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/9xUiHCycn0WsxqiqFjq2fI40FpQ.jpg)
Edmund Gwenn
Rowley![Eduardo Ciannelli's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/eiDBc4v8xrRhkaIpXEu9ZNViAiB.jpg)