On this day in movie history - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

The Man Who Knew Too Much

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by John Michael Hayes,

based on a story by Charles Bennett and D. B. Wyndham-Lewis,

was released in the United States on May 16, 1956.

Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Song: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), performed by Doris Day.

Cast:

Doris Day, James Stewart, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gélin, Mogens Wieth, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Christopher Olsen, Reggie Nalder, Richard Wattis, Noel Willman, Alix Talton, Yves Brainville, Carolyn Jones, London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, Covent Garden Chorus, Barbara Howitt, Patrick Aherne, Frank Albertson, Frank Atkinson, Walter Bacon, Frank Baker, John Barrard, Betty Baskcomb, Hyma Beckley, Paul Beradi, Eumenio Blanco, Arline Bletcher, Alexis Bobrinskoy, Lovyss Bradley, Janet Bruce, Naida Buckingham, Clifford Buckton, Barbara Burke, Nora Bush, Peter Camlin, Albert Carrier, Jimmy Charters, Abdelhaq Chraibi, Oliver Cross, Pauline Farr, Harry Fine, Alex Frazer, Wolf Frees, Milton Frome, Leo Gordon, Walter Gotell, Victor Harrington, Sam Harris, George Hilsdon, Alfred Hitchcock, Gladys Holland, Jimmie Horan, George Howe, Allen Jaffe, Philip Johns, Barbara Jones, Harold Kasket, Barry Keegan, Lou Krugman, Anne Kunde, Lloyd Lamble, Anthony Lang, Donald Lawton, Marion Lessing, Carl M. Leviness, Enid Lindsey, Mayne Lynton, Janet Macfarlane, Edward Manouk, Richard Marner, John Marshall, Lewis Martin, Louis Mercier, Lee Miller, Lola Morice, Ralph Neff, Leslie Newport, John O'Malley, Elsa Palmer, Liddell Peddieson, Jean Ransome, Arthur Ridley, Lucile Sewall, Alma Taylor.

Born on this day – Solveig Dommartin:

Actress

Director

May 16, 1961 – January 11, 2007

Credits:

Ciné star (1987); Cinéma cinémas / segment: Lettre de la Sierra Morena (1983); Commandant Nerval (1996); Eiffel Tower Trilogy: Height, Weight & Gravity (1997); Faraway, So Close! (1993); I Can't Sleep (1994); It Would Only Take a Bridge (1998); Je t'ai dans la peau (1990); Navarro (1995); No Fear, No Die (1990); Spécial cinéma (1987); The Prisoner of St. Petersburg (1989); Tokyo-Ga (1985); Until the End of the World (1991); Wings of Desire (1987).

Born on this day – Yvonne Craig:

Actress

Ballerina

May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015

Born on this day – Martine Carol:

 

Actress

May 16, 1920 – February 6, 1967

Credits:

Action of the Tiger (1957); Adorable Creatures (1952); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Atomic Agent (1959); Beach Casanova (1962); Beauties of the Night (1952); Bifur 3 (1945); Boum sur Paris (1953); Brune ou blonde (1950); Cabaret du soir (1958); Caroline Cherie (1953); Carré de valets (1947); Cinéastes de notre temps (1965); Cinépanorama (1957–1963); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Compression (2015); Daughters of Destiny (1954); Dear Caroline (1951); Defend My Love (1956); En direct de... (1966); En êtes-vous bien sûr? (1947); Film Fanfare (1956); Filmstadt Berlin (1958); Gala de l'union (1960); Hell Is Empty (1967); Hollywood - Ein Vorort in vier Anekdoten (1959); Je n'aime que toi... (1949); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La ferme aux loups (1943); La fleur de l'âge (1947); La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part (2022); La prima notte (1959); Lasciapassare per l'inferno (1966); Le dernier des six (1941); Le désir et l'amour (1952); Les corrupteurs (1942); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les femmes aussi (1966); L'extravagante mission (1945); Lola Montès (1955); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Lucrèce Borgia (1953); Madame du Barry (1954); Martine Carol, plus dure sera la chute (2019); Max & James & Danielle (2015); Max par Marcel (2009); Méfiez-vous des blondes (1950); Miroir (1947); Nana (1955); Nous irons à Paris (1950); Operation Gold Ingot (1962); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1966); Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°1 (1957); Réveillon surprise (1960); Riviera (1954); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Sextette (1948); Strangers in the House (1942); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Bed (1954); The Betrayer (1961); The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Foxiest Girl in Paris (1957); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955); The Lovers of Verona (1949); The Stowaway (1958); This Is Show Business (1956); Trente et quarante (1946); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956–1958); Un soir sur la plage (1961); Une nuit de noces (1950); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Vedettes sans maquillage (1951); Voyage surprise (1947).

Born on this day – Mario Monicelli:

 

Director

Writer

May 16, 1915 – November 29, 2010

Born on this day – Henry Fonda:

Actor

May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982

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Winston Graham, on writing:

 

All I knew was that I was writing something out of my very guts,

and that I was content.
- Winston Graham.