North by Northwest
“It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!”
Thriller
Adventure
Synopsis
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
About This Film
North by Northwest is a 1959 thriller, adventure film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With a runtime of 137 minutes, the film has earned an audience rating of 8.0 out of 10 based on 4,699 votes on TMDB. The film stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll among its cast of 96 credited actors.
Cast
Cary Grant
as Roger Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint
as Eve Kendall
James Mason
as Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce Landis
as Clara Thornhill
Leo G. Carroll
as Professor
Josephine Hutchinson
as Mrs. Townsend
Philip Ober
as Lester Townsend
Martin Landau
as Leonard
Adam Williams
as Valerian
Edward Platt
as Victor Larrabee
Robert Ellenstein
as Licht
Les Tremayne
as Auctioneer
Philip Coolidge
as Dr. Cross
Patrick McVey
as Sergeant Flamm
Edward Binns
as Captain Junket
Ken Lynch
as Charley
Nora Marlowe
as Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
Doreen Lang
as Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)
John Beradino
as Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)
Ned Glass
as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Crew
Alfred Hitchcock — Director
Alfred Hitchcock — Producer
Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer
Robert Burks — Director of Photography
Ernest Lehman — Writer
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