i can not believe this movie only score 7 . 4. this surely rank up with the best of hitchcock movie such a vertigo or marnie . the only reason i can think of why the score be so low and be that for the most part and the man . renounces violence and certainly would not get a diploma in sex and crime . what it derive it tension from be not violence and it the reckless energy of these criminal that take a child from his parent and be ready to kill the kid if the operation fail . today and have see a lot of hardboiled kidnapping movie a mel gibson ransom and this seem normal and but in the 1950s and where family be all in contemporary america and the thought of such a crime surely have stir up emotion a lot . and this tension still work for me and today . yeah and these guy be selfish and ignorant bastard and disturb in how they act represent it a deal for them and and they want to be good businessmen and disregard the fact that business here be kidnap kid and assassinate politician in the opera . what make the movie great and however and be the creative aspect and the kinky idea of hitchcock and the outrageously disturb scene in the church ( which bring it to the viewer attention how alone and how abandon the protagonist be and nobody caring and nobody help and the people in the church just go home . ) and the meeting with the owner of that shop stuffing and prepare dead animal ( which stress the somewhat oriental flair the movie have from the opening scene abroad ) and last not least the role of music in this movie . music be the key principle here and a spoiler the assassination of the targeted politician be to be do exactly in the moment of a loud orchastra tutti or gong while so hitchcock let the camera follow the orchestra score and you now it will happen in a second bang and then and of course and doris day sing que serum and which become more famous than the movie itself while she sing it to notify the kid of his parent be in the embassy . all in all represent a classic .