My favorite scene from "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956)

This is the scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of his own film, "The Man Who Knew Too Much". Doris Day's character knows that a gun will be fired at someone during the climax of the opera, but she doesn't know what to do about it.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• alfred hitchcock
• doris day
• the man who knew too much
• bernard herrmann
• 1956
• jimmy stewart

[fanorama1]

So much suspense created without a single word of dialogue.

[newscaster13]

Now that's a Symphony Hall!!!

Stadium-style seating all around - in front of the orchestra, side-to-side, and front.

Not like the seating like you're at the opera house rather than the symphony hall.

[Dots7865]

just so much suspense... and the chills that roll over you when the gun creeps out behind the curtain

[TheCinepata]

Bernard Hermann is the genius in this scene

[Maconsun]

That is the Royal Albert Hall. This has to be the definition of pathos. When the pipe organ starts and the light plays off the gun, it is breath taking. This has to be one of the finest scenes of any movie ever made.

[inniespace1]

Absolutely my fave scene from this movie, one of Hitch's best; and one of my faves from all his movies - Doris Day's absolute agony so well played at realizing the identity of the assassin and being able to do nothing; the tension created by the music; and the music itself - Bernard Hermann was a too little known musical genius in his own right, but at least he's conducting here. And then the opulence of the Albert Hall, still preserved today ... how beautiful!

[PokeyGreen]

Superb scene! And Reggie Nalder played the perfect ruthless, psychopathic assassin.

[KrzysztofRucinski]

I love how the chorus promises the release in the most tense moment of this montage.

[elenamorisca]

which is the name of this song?¿??

[SarLei94]

I ♥ this scene! Wonderfully made :)

[LisaMarieGlover]

This is also one of my favourite Hitchcock moments of all time!!! Truly great!!!

[Sylderon]

@McNugget06 He didn't get mentioned in the credits. Instead, his name is on a huge billboard outside the hall.