Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’: A Taut, Multifaceted Spy Drama

It’s an ordinary couple on vacation, Jo (Doris Day) and Ben McKenna (James Stewart), who thwart an international crime, in “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” Paramount Pictures

PG | 2h | Drama, Thriller | 1 June 1956 (USA)

On vacation, the McKenna family, consisting of Ben (James Stewart), his wife Jo (Doris Day), and their young son, Hank (Christopher Olsen), are on a bus from the airport to a hotel in Marrakech, Morocco. Ben’s a doctor who works in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Jo’s a former pop star who had a successful singing career.