The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Cinematography by Robert Burks

PG120 min65 frames

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What is The Man Who Knew Too Much about?

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.

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Across 65 sampled frames, The Man Who Knew Too Much builds its coverage from medium shots (51% of the sample), with wide compositions (18%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Robert Burks keeps 43% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 43% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 60% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1950s.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) are #342f2c, #131010, #76716c, #504f4e, #2b231c, #d5d1c8 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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