This espionage thriller from Alfred Hitchcock unfolds like a swiftly paced puzzle. Joel McCrea portrays "John Jones," an American reporter sent by his editor to cover events in Europe as war looms. Almost immediately upon arrival, he finds himself caught up in the situation surrounding the enigmatic “Peace Party” leader "Van Meer" (Albert Bassermann), who appears to have been shot and might be connected to a treaty t…

Alfred Hitchcock’s second American film, Foreign Correspondent (1940), delivers everything one could hope for in an excellent movie. It's often described as an espionage thriller, but that really only scratches the surface of what it offers: suspense, adventure, romance, humor, heroism, and a cast that seems perfect. In contrast to Hitchcock’s first American film, Rebecca—a well-made, though somewhat slow-paced Go…