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# The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956): cast and crew

60 cast and 58 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md) as Ben McKenna
- [Doris Day](https://film.one/person/doris-day.md) as Jo McKenna
- [Brenda De Banzie](https://film.one/person/brenda-de-banzie.md) as Lucy Drayton
- [Bernard Miles](https://film.one/person/bernard-miles.md) as Edward Drayton
- [Ralph Truman](https://film.one/person/ralph-truman.md) as Buchanan
- [Daniel Gélin](https://film.one/person/daniel-gelin.md) as Louis Bernard
- [Mogens Wieth](https://film.one/person/mogens-wieth.md) as Ambassador
- [Alan Mowbray](https://film.one/person/alan-mowbray.md) as Val Parnell
- [Hillary Brooke](https://film.one/person/hillary-brooke.md) as Jan Peterson
- [Christopher Olsen](https://film.one/person/christopher-olsen.md) as Hank McKenna
- [Reggie Nalder](https://film.one/person/reggie-nalder.md) as Rien
- [Richard Wattis](https://film.one/person/richard-wattis.md) as Assistant Manager
- Noel Willman as Woburn
- Alix Talton as Helen Parnell
- Yves Brainville as Police Inspector
- [Carolyn Jones](https://film.one/person/carolyn-jones.md) as Cindy Fontaine
- [Bernard Herrmann](https://film.one/person/bernard-herrmann.md) as Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited)
- Patrick Aherne as Handyman (uncredited)
- [Frank Albertson](https://film.one/person/frank-albertson.md) as Taxidermist (uncredited)
- [Frank Atkinson](https://film.one/person/frank-atkinson.md) as Edgar (uncredited)
- John Barrard as Taxidermist Holding Panther (uncredited)
- Mayne Lynton as Grey-Haired Taxidermist (uncredited)
- Clifford Buckton as Sir Kenneth Clarke (uncredited)
- [Walter Bacon](https://film.one/person/walter-bacon.md) as Church Member (uncredited)
- Lovyss Bradley as Church Member (uncredited)
- Nora Bush as Church Member (uncredited)
- Ann Kunde as Church Member (uncredited)
- Jean Ransome as Church Member (uncredited)
- Albert Carrier as French Policeman (uncredited)
- Louis Mercier as French Policeman (uncredited)
- Anthony Warde as French Policeman (uncredited)
- [Frank Baker](https://film.one/person/frank-baker-27164.md) as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Oliver Cross as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Sam Harris as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Jimmie Horan as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Carl M. Leviness as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Lee Miller as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Arthur Tovey as Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)
- Harry Fine as Edington (uncredited)
- Alex Frazer as Man in Box Office Lobby (uncredited)
- Wolf Frees as Prime Minister's Aide (uncredited)
- [Richard Marner](https://film.one/person/richard-marner.md) as Prime Minister's Aide (uncredited)
- [Milton Frome](https://film.one/person/milton-frome.md) as Embassy Back Entrance Guard (uncredited)
- [Walter Gotell](https://film.one/person/walter-gotell.md) as Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
- Leo Gordon as Drayton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock.md) as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
- Gladys Holland as Bernard's Date at Restaurant (uncredited)
- George Howe as Ambrose Chappell Sr. (uncredited)
- Richard Wordsworth as Ambrose Chappell Jr. (uncredited)
- Eumenio Blanco as Arab (uncredited)
- Allen Jaffe as Arab (uncredited)
- Lou Krugman as Marrakesh Headwaiter (uncredited)
- [Harold Kasket](https://film.one/person/harold-kasket.md) as Stavis (uncredited)
- Barry Keegan as Patterson (uncredited)
- Lloyd Lamble as General Manager of Albert Hall (uncredited)
- [Lewis Martin](https://film.one/person/lewis-martin.md) as Detective (uncredited)
- Ralph Neff as Drayton's Henchman (uncredited)
- John O'Malley as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- Eric Snowden as Special Branch Officer (uncredited)
- Patrick Whyte as Special Branch Officer (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock.md): Director
- Howard Joslin: Assistant Director
- Basil Keys: Second Assistant Director
- Ralph Axness: Second Assistant Director
- Ned Dobson: Second Assistant Director
- Herbert Coleman: Second Unit Director

## Writing

- [John Michael Hayes](https://film.one/person/john-michael-hayes.md): Screenplay
- D.B. Wyndham-Lewis: Story
- [Charles Bennett](https://film.one/person/charles-bennett.md): Story

## Production

- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock.md): Producer
- Herbert Coleman: Associate Producer
- Bill Greenwald: Casting
- Edward R. Morse: Casting
- C.O. Erickson: Unit Production Manager
- Tony Regan: Casting
- Gary Fifield: Casting
- Hugh Brown: Assistant Production Manager
- Art Sarno: Publicist
- Frank Caffey: Production Manager
- Cecil R. Foster Kemp: Unit Manager
- William Cowitt: Casting

## Camera

- [Robert Burks](https://film.one/person/robert-burks.md): Director of Photography
- Darrell Turnmire: Second Company Grip
- Neil Binney: Focus Puller
- Bobby Greene: Assistant Camera
- [Paul Uhl](https://film.one/person/paul-uhl.md): Assistant Camera
- Ken Lobben: Still Photographer
- Leonard J. South: Second Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [George Tomasini](https://film.one/person/george-tomasini.md): Editor
- Sam Vitale: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Bernard Herrmann](https://film.one/person/bernard-herrmann.md): Original Music Composer
- Paul Franz: Sound Recordist
- Henry Keener: Sound Recordist
- Bill Wistrom: Sound Editor
- John C. Hammell: Music Editor
- Gene Garvin: Sound Recordist

## Art

- Hal Pereira: Art Direction
- [Henry Bumstead](https://film.one/person/henry-bumstead.md): Art Direction
- Sam Comer: Set Decoration
- Arthur Krams: Set Decoration
- Neil Wheeler: Props
- Dorothea Holt: Production Illustrator
- Walter Broadfoot: Props

## Costume and make-up

- [Edith Head](https://film.one/person/edith-head.md): Costume Design
- Wally Westmore: Makeup Supervisor
- Dan Greenway: Makeup Artist
- Virginia Darcy: Hairdresser
- Leonard Mann: Wardrobe Master
- Lee Forman: Wardrobe Master
- [Phyllis Dalton](https://film.one/person/phyllis-dalton.md): Costume Supervisor

## Visual effects

- John P. Fulton: Visual Effects
- Farciot Edouart: Visual Effects

## Lighting

- Vic Jones: Gaffer
- Adolph Froelich: Electrician
- Don Ring: Gaffer

## Crew

- Abdelhaq Chraibi: Technical Advisor
- Connie Willis: Technical Advisor
- Ted Mapes: Stunts

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