Foreign Correspondent (1940)

The Story

Johnny Jones is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor appoints him European correspondent because he is fed up with the dry, reports he currently gets. Jones' first assignment is to get the inside story on a secret treaty agreed between two European countries by the famous diplomat, Mr. Van Meer. However things don't go to plan and Jones enlists the help of a young woman to help track down a group of spies.

Rating

PG

Duration

120 min

Cast

George Sanders, Robert Benchley, Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Albert Bassermann

Director

Alfred Hitchcock