Foreign Correspondent

1940 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 24,785 VOTES · DIR. Alfred Hitchcock

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Overview

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,516 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:00 - What's new? - Same old daily bunkeroo.
00:05:40 This is what I mean:
00:09:13 Goodbye, John.
00:13:33 England is so beautiful.
00:17:36 but there's nobody here who isn't internationally important.
00:21:16 who was to have been our guest of honor today.
00:26:25 - Your first visit to Amsterdam? - Yes.
00:36:06 when they moved me from...
00:45:18 Look, I'm a very quick bather.
00:50:26 They have understood.
00:55:50 I think that Father will be delighted, frankly.
00:59:36 do away with their guests, are they?
01:03:10 - Yes. Will you wait here, please? - Thank you.
01:07:32 but the music and candles always give me the creeps.
01:12:32 Good morning, Stebbins. How are you, Haverstock?
01:15:46 May I use your telephone?
01:19:59 Hello?
01:24:47 I realize a life's a small matter, the way you work.
01:30:43 - Where is he? - In there.
01:35:15 Why?
01:40:17 - There's no use in my waiting around. - It's hard to say how soon he'll recover.
01:45:25 pretended you loved me so you could... It's a lie, that's all.
01:54:13 "Enemy waters," he says. Not a line to the press from his ship.
01:57:30 This young lady should know whether it's the truth or not.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,516
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:02:00
Final line01:57:30

Production Record

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes24,785