Foreign Correspondent
“The thrill spectacle of the year!”
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.
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Cast
102 people
Joel McCrea
John Jones
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Most Dangerous Game
George Offerman Jr.
New York Globe Copy Boy
Joe O'Brien
Bit Part
Laraine Day
Carol Fisher
Known for
The High and the Mighty
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Herbert Marshall
Stephen Fisher
Known for
The Fly
Murder!
George Sanders
Scott ffolliott
Known for
The Jungle Book
Rebecca
Albert Bassermann
Van Meer
Known for
The Red Shoes
Madame Curie
Robert Benchley
Stebbins
Known for
I Married a Witch
The Major and the Minor
Edmund Gwenn
Rowley
Known for
The Trouble with Harry
Miracle on 34th Street
Eduardo Ciannelli
Mr. Krug
Known for
Boot Hill
Houseboat
Harry Davenport
Mr. Powers
Known for
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Ox-Bow Incident
Martin Kosleck
Tramp
Known for
The Mummy's Curse
Pursuit to Algiers
Alfred Hitchcock Director · Charles Bennett Screenplay Richard Maibaum Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.6M · Budget $1.5M · United States release August 16, 1940
Box office
Budget
$1,484,167
Worldwide gross
$1,598,435
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Walter Wanger Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Latvian
Release dates
Canada · August 16, 1940
Theatrical
United States · August 16, 1940
Theatrical
Australia
December 5, 1940 · Theatrical
January 7, 2026 · Physical · Blu-ray
Denmark
August 26, 1946 · Theatrical
Finland
March 21, 1952 · Theatrical
Germany
December 1, 1961 · Theatrical
Italy
December 30, 1946 · Theatrical
Japan
September 11, 1976 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 30, 2007 · TV · Nederland 2
July 26, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
March 1, 1941 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 11, 1940 · Theatrical · (Rated A)
June 26, 1986 · Physical
February 6, 1997 · Physical
March 4, 2003 · Physical
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