Alfred Hitchcock Herrmann's score and replaced him with John Addison, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. "Topaz" (1967), based on a Leon Uris novel, is partly set in Cuba. Both films received mixed reviews. Hitchcock returned to Britain to make his penultimate film, "Frenzy" (1972), based on the novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square" (1966). After two espionage films, the plot marked a return to the murder-thriller genre. Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a volatile barman with a history of explosive anger, becomes the prime suspect in the investigation into the "Necktie Murders", which are actually committed by his friend Bob Rusk (Barry Foster).
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) New York on 21 March 1935. Contemporary reviews were positive, with C.A. Lejeune of "The Observer" stating that she was "happy about this film [...] because of its very recklessness, its frank refusal to indulge in subtleties, to be the most promising work that Hitchcock has produced since "Blackmail"". "The Daily Telegraph" referred to it as a "striking come-back" for Hitchcock, while the "Daily Mail" stated that "Hitchcock leaps once again into the front rank of British directors". "The New York Times" praised the film as the "raciest melodrama of the new year", noting that it was "excitingly written" and