The highlights of Alfred Hitchcock's early career are easy enough to map, with some exceptions. For instance, we know about the success of films like "The Lodger" ( the "first true Hitchcock movie," according to Hitch himself ), but some of his earliest works, like "The Mountain Eagle," are now considered lost media . Hitchcock also had to contend with some significant flops at the time, which is why his 1934 hit "The Man Who Knew Too Much" stands out. The Leslie Banks and Peter Lorre-starring spy thriller is not to be confused with Hitchcock's 1956 movie of the same name, as the latter sports a more polished plot, with James Stewart and Doris Day playing the leads. Similarly, Hitchcock's 1934 original is the more melodramatic of the pair, although it still contains plenty of the wit

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