The Deadly Crescendo - 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' | Hitchcock Presents

The climactic attempted assassination of a diplomat in this scene is expertly told through emotive shots and absolutely zero dialogue. Hitchcock pulls you into the drama unfolding until the final bang!

"The Man Who Knew Too Much" - Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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[sequencerman]

Hitchcock at his most brilliance! This scene excited me as a kid back in the mid-1950s. It STILL excites me now in the year 2023!

[ldhproductions]

That conductor is the legendary Bernard Herrmann himself.

[Theninjakids]

The chills I got from watching this scene for the first time. The whole sequence is a work of art, showing that you can use music as a great substitute for dialogue and it can be just as effective.

[steveconn]

3:39 - That's my great-grandpa, the ambassador.

[hebneh]

I saw this on NBC's "Saturday Night At The Movies" in the 1960s when it was shown on TV for the first time, and even as a kid it really pulled me in. This scene in particular is total Hitchcock - a situation which seems like there is no possible way out of the inevitable tragedy or disaster, but then unexpectedly it all is resolved in a way you couldn't anticipate.

[darkprose]

“Sorry we were gone so long! We had to go over and pick up Hank.”
*_THE END_*

[GasCityGuy]

This film is not one of my favorite Hitchcock films but this scene by itself is brilliant

[vernonbrown]

I love the way the music accompanied, supported, described, and emphasized the drama!

[Der.Kleine.General]

4:16 What a brilliant shot. Gives the scene even more tense.

[paullewis]

I love standing in the door where I believe Doris Day stood for this scene whenever I go to the R.A. H. 😁😁

[nycsp]

Perfection!!! Doris Day and Julie Andrew's were the least "Hitchcockian " actresses but they were awesome n perfect!

[ScoopNemeth]

The 1956 remake of the 1934 movie was accompanied by music composed by Bernard Herrmann. What's even more noteworthy is that Herrmann himself made an appearance in the film as the conductor of the orchestra. This cameo took place during a performance of the Storm Clouds Cantata at the Royal Albert Hall. It should be noted, however, that the Storm Cloud Cantata was not written by Herrmann himself, but rather re-orchestrated by him from a piece composed by Australian-born composer Arthur Benjamin for an earlier Hitchcock film of the same name. Nevertheless, it is not often that film composers are given the opportunity to make a cameo appearance within their own movies, let alone write music and perform in them.

[southernguy]

The first time I saw this I was a kid. The play up all week on the local channel was the gun coming out of the darkness and turning. The movie was set to play Sunday afternoon. It was and still is one of the most powerful scenes ever created on film.

My father who delighted in ruining movies by telling the ending of plots even kept his mouth shut on this scene.

[dianedow]

Great scene, you don't need any more context to find that suspenseful. And nothing like it would ever appear in a movie made today.

[frankuraku]

Good god, this scene got my hair tangled up and pulled up because of the great suspense the music slowly building up, and i literally jumped and cheered when Ben took the assassin down. No dialouge is required for this whole scene, just makes it better.

[tosherification]

I meant the Prime Minister in my previous post. Both those actors were superb. Doris Day's expression of desperation in the doorway has always simply broken my heart. It's "O Lord, why won't anyone listen to us? Will I ever see little Hank again? O God help us!" without speaking a word.

[judithmiller]

An absolutely brilliant piece of film and wonderful music and singing and lyrics.Have watched this movie so many times and this scene is my favourite. Hitchcock was a masterful filmmaker and this superb spine tingling 10 minutes of film rates as one of his very best!

[janosk]

If I had to die by assassination it would be preferable to hear amazingly beautiful music where my last sound would be the culminating clash of cymbals. Bliss.

[chrisjenkins]

It’s like a roller-coaster that you’ve ridden ten times before and that first drop is always a doozy. 😂🤣😂

[cmvogt]

Best Scenes from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).