You know, that makes the film make a lot more sense. I just watched it for the first time and was thinking, “$40k is a lot, but they’re acting like it’s radioactive cash.”
Omg I loved it. Been on a Hitchcock filmography kick after getting COVID and watching Criterion Collection films while half dead led me to The Man Who Knew Too Much.
I hope that you're nicely on the mend.
If you've yet to watch Sabotage (also known as The Woman Alone, as you can see), it's an absolute corker, and I think it tends to get overlooked.
Jumping on to advocate for Shadow Of A Doubt, which has been supplanted by Vertigo (rightly) over the last few decades as the critics' consensus favorite... but it's a heck of a second place!
Screenplay by Alma Reville (Mrs. Hitch, to be sure), Sally (Meet Me in St. Louis) Benson, and Thornton (Our Town) Wilder.
What an amazing combo (and an amazing film, yes indeed).
