Murray Pomerance offers an illuminating account of one of Hitchcock's
most intruiging and successful films, The Man Who Knew Too Much
(1956), starring James Stewart and Doris Day. Through a close reading of
the film alongside analysis of its complex production history,
Pomerance's analysis highlights its darkest nuances, and its themes of
musicality, gendered power, and cultural strangeness. He proposes that,
far from being a merely charming escapade, the film tells a strange
story of doubling, spiritual presence, and the intricacies of social
organisation.