" She fell to her knees o kiss and embrace the strong-man.BackgroundForeign Correspondent(1940) is another of director Alfred Hitchcock""s spy thrillers.It was his second American film (and hired out by David O.Selznick to independent producer Walter Wanger), one that closely resembled his earlier British spy thrillers:The 39 Steps (1935, UK)andThe Lady Vanishes (1938, UK), although more attuned for US audiences.Full envelope intrusion, rendition, experimental interrogration...We are the sharp end of the stick now, Pam.(Lethal action?) If we have to, sure.That""s what makes us special.No more red tape.No more getting the bad guys caught in our sights, then watching them escape while we wait for someone in Washington to issue the order." The gavel marking the sentence pounds the screen to black.The next scene, another scene of judgment, commences with noisy, iron bars sliding open, and another door opening into a room where five men sit at a table.He""d learned how to win.He spent a lot of money doing it.An awful lot of money.I was beginning o wonder where he got it from.There were rumors throughout the state that Willie was making deals with all kinds of people, strange deals."Under the credits, a child""s hand made a colored chalk drawing of a two-story house on gray concrete.