Foreign Correspondent has all of the suspense and action you would expect from Hitchcock, but what really makes it work is the humor, as the lead trio deliver laughs throughout the entirety of the film.
John Jones (Joel McCrea) is a crime reporter who is sent to Europe to get out of a work funk, but when he ends up stumbling upon a spy ring, he recruits Carol Fisher (Laraine Day) and an English journalist (George Sanders) to help him. Foreign Correspondent has all of the suspense and action you would expect from Hitchcock, but what really makes it work is the humor, as the lead trio deliver laughs throughout the entirety of the film.