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North by Northwest (1959)

06/08/1959 (US)Thriller, Adventure2h 16m
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It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!

Overview

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Cary Grant

      Cary Grant

      Roger Thornhill

    2. Eva Marie Saint

      Eva Marie Saint

      Eve Kendall

    3. James Mason

      James Mason

      Phillip Vandamm

    4. Jessie Royce Landis

      Jessie Royce Landis

      Clara Thornhill

    5. Leo G. Carroll

      Leo G. Carroll

      Professor

    6. Josephine Hutchinson

      Josephine Hutchinson

      Mrs. Townsend

    7. Philip Ober

      Philip Ober

      Lester Townsend

    8. Martin Landau

      Martin Landau

      Leonard

    9. Adam Williams

      Adam Williams

      Valerian

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    A review by John Chard

    10.0
    Written by John Chard on Apr 22, 2019

    Sometimes the truth does taste like a mouthful of worms. Roger O Thornhill is a harmless and amiable advertising executive who is absurdly mistaken for a government agent by a gang of ruthless spies. Forced to go out on the lam, Thornhill lurches from one perilous scenario to another. Can he survive to prove his innocence? Is the gorgeous blonde who is helping him really a friend? All will be revealed in Alfred Hitchcock's majestic thriller. If deconstructing it you find that this isn't a perfect Hitchcock movie, for it under uses James Mason's coolly vile Phillip Vandamm (which is a cr...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$4,000,000.00

    Revenue$13,275,000.00

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