By Joe Wilson
Bon Voyage is one of two World War II propaganda films in French that Hitchcock directed for the British government. It's a quick little espionage thriller, reminiscent of Hitchcock's British work of the 20s and early 30s. Compared to the more mature work Hitch was already doing in Hollywood, this seems...disappointing. The British government apparently felt the same and never actually released it for its propaganda purposes. There is some very interesting use of light and shadow here, with Hitch showing his Expressionist influence strongly, but it still felt more like No. 17 or the original The Man Who Knew Too Much than The Lady Vanishes, Suspicion, or Notorious.
