Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)

Stewart, Day and Olsen's bus arrives at Marrakech, Morocco.

Bab Doukkala, great angle from Frank Moellerbernd

Added still ...

... because Bab El Khemis has been captured by Frank (SJ)

And another.

Taken by Frank from a roof terrace at Jemaa el-Fnaa (SJ)

Hotel la Mamounia, Avenue Bab Jdid, Marrakech

Hmm, this is the main entrance shown to the right of the "then" but it's hard to tell. SJ

Stewart and Day's carriage arrives at the front of la Mamounia, with a view of the minaret of Kuotoubia Mosque.

Frank's take which matches the above more so but this fills a nice space here. (SJ)

Mortally wounded Daniel Gelin staggers towards Stewart, Day, Miles and de Banzie in the main square of Marrakech, Djemaa el Fna.

Not a great match but the European group in the then is standing roughly where the red coated chap is, and the camera was much further round to the left. SJ

Miles, Olsen, de Banzie, Day and Stewart in the main square.

Now. SJ

An interior of of Dar Essalam Restaurant.

Here Frank is sure that it was rebuilt in the studio, but it's a good match nevertheless. (SJ)

Royal College Street in the background with Stewart on Plender Street, London NW1.

Replacing Adrian Wild's Google shot. SJ

The building on Royal College Street still stands but those to Stewart's left are all rebuilt. Around a hundred yards away behind the camera, a scene for 'Allez France!' was filmed.

Better angle than Adrian's Google. SJ

This may have been filmed elsewhere though Hitchcock would have you think otherwise.

N. Patris found that the building on the left side of Plender Street looking toward Royal College Street is a perfect match for the building behind Jimmy's shoulders, though trees have grown and a newer building now partly hides the view. This replaces his proving Google image. SJ

The approach, an alleyway, to the Ambrose Chappell taxidermistry on College Place, NW1.

All gone. This is the new view. SJ

This looks a little like a set doesn't it? But maybe not ... see the comparison

An old map showing the taxidermistry exactly where it should be, given the narrative of the film. This was researched by Graham Finn who provided the added still and the historical map matching up the mid 50s nicely. (SJ)

A repeat of the above capture as Denis Hoare 'took his camera to town' and recorded the same location today for us. (RL)

If nothing else, it is a fine 'set' of garages now. (RL)

A sign to the right. In the film it should say "Ambrose," in the real location "Vicary."

The church hall, "Ambrose Chapel," now reckoned to be St Saviour's Church Hall, since demolished though St Saviour's itself is still going north east on Lambert Road, SW2.

A very rough shot looking towards where the church hall was, on the west side of now demolished Vicary Street. SJ

Day makes a call with the box window frame obscuring the road sign. What a tease that Hitchcock is.

Probably somewhere about here. SJ

Bit fake looking: the back of the chapel and Day standing in Ambrose/Vicary Streets.

Day could be standing somewhere here ... SJ

Stewart joins Day in the street, and the sad news is that this and surrounding streets now lie under Blenheim Gardens, London SW2, an estate which is totally unrecognisable from the terraces of yesteryear.

... but the main purpose is to show St Saviour's Church on the corner of Lambert and Halliwell Roads, which the church hall served. SJ

All is revealed. On Day's second call, we see Vicary Street as plain as day.

There's the hall in green on the west side of Vicary Street, and Day's telephone box in red. SJ

This confused me for a while as she appears to be heading down what was then Blenheim Gardens. Why isn't she turning right back down to the chapel? Perhaps she's just crossing the road safely.

I've decided that Day (or her double) is heading west just north of Ramillies Close and this is the now of the Blenheim Gardens Estate, built at the turn of the 70s decade. SJ

A shot looking south down Vicary Street.

A rough guess. Could be the next block to the west, but this is more spacious for photo snapping. SJ

The embassy, demolished for Thorney Court on Palace Gate, W8.

But the buildings on the other side of the street survive. SJ

Day enters the Royal Albert Hall, SW7, by gate number 6.

This is the current gate 6, on the north side. SJ

Inside the Hall, a rare interior shot, but that's Bernard Herrmann, Hitchcock's favourite composer, conducting.

Phil Richards similary provides are rare interior shot that has outstood 15 years on our Website and 70 years since filming. (RL)