The Man Who Knew Too Much
“A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!”
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Man Who Knew Too Much performed
Budget
$1.2M
Worldwide Gross
$11.3M
Gross Profit
$10.1M
Return
9.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Ben McKenna
James Stewart
Ben McKenna
Jo McKenna
Doris Day
Jo McKenna
Lucy Drayton
Brenda De Banzie
Lucy Drayton
Edward Drayton
Bernard Miles
Edward Drayton
Buchanan
Ralph Truman
Buchanan
Louis Bernard
Daniel Gélin
Louis Bernard
Ambassador
Mogens Wieth
Ambassador
Val Parnell
Alan Mowbray
Val Parnell
Jan Peterson
Hillary Brooke
Jan Peterson
Hank McKenna
Christopher Olsen
Hank McKenna
Rien
Reggie Nalder
Rien
Assistant Manager
Richard Wattis
Assistant Manager
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