Foreign Correspondent

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Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 Alfred Hitchcock-directed spy thriller film set in Europe on the eve of World War II, known for its suspenseful set pieces and wartime propaganda themes.

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Foreign Correspondent canonical 13
Foreign Correspondent (1940 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
spy thriller film
war film
basedOn Personal History by Vincent Sheean
blackAndWhite true
cinematographer Rudolph Maté
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Alfred Hitchcock
distributor United Artists
editor Dorothy Spencer
featuresCharacter Johnny Jones
genre mystery film
political thriller
spy thriller
war film
hasPropagandaPurpose to encourage American support for the Allied cause
language English
musicBy Alfred Newman
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
notableFor suspenseful set pieces
wartime propaganda themes
notableScene airplane crash into the ocean
assassination in the rain with umbrellas
windmill sequence in the Netherlands
producer Walter Wanger
productionCompany Walter Wanger Productions
protagonistOccupation newspaper reporter
releaseDateUS 1940-08-16
releaseYear 1940
runtimeMinutes 120
screenwriter Charles Bennett
James Hilton
Joan Harrison
Robert Benchley
setInLocation Europe
setInPeriod eve of World War II
starring Albert Bassermann
George Sanders
Herbert Marshall
Joel McCrea
Laraine Day
Robert Benchley
supportingActorNominated Albert Bassermann
theme anti-Nazi propaganda
international espionage
journalism and truth

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George Sanders notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Dorothy Spencer notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Dorothy Spencer workedOn Foreign Correspondent
Herbert Marshall notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Robert Benchley performedIn Foreign Correspondent
Joan Harrison notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Charles Bennett notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Eduardo Ciannelli notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Joel McCrea notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Walter Wanger notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Edmund Gwenn notableWork Foreign Correspondent
Rudolph Maté knownFor Foreign Correspondent
Rudolph Maté workedOn Foreign Correspondent
Alfred Hitchcock filmography hasPart Foreign Correspondent
this entity surface form: Foreign Correspondent (1940 film)