---
title: 'Foreign Correspondent (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/foreign-correspondent-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032484/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Foreign Correspondent (1940)

1940 · 115 min · Drama, War, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 American black-and-white spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of an American reporter based in Britain who tries to expose enemy spies involved in a fictional continent-wide conspiracy in the prelude to World War II. It stars Joel McCrea and features 19-year-old Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, and Robert Benchley, along with Edmund Gwenn.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock), [James Hilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hilton), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Charles Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bennett), [Joan Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-harrison), [Robert Benchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-benchley), [Budd Schulberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/budd-schulberg), [Richard Maibaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-maibaum), [John Howard Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-howard-lawson), [John Lee Mahin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lee-mahin), [Vincent Sheean](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-sheean)

## Cast

- [Maurice Costello](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-costello)
- [Joel McCrea](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mccrea)
- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [Eduardo Ciannelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-ciannelli)
- [Alexander Granach](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-granach)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Robert Benchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-benchley)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Gertrude W. Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrude-w-hoffmann)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Martin Kosleck](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-kosleck)
- [Harry Davenport](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-davenport)
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-mortimer)
- [Edmund Gwenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-gwenn)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/foreign-correspondent-1940
Film facts: Wikidata (Q848388); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.