North by Northwest (1959)

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Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

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Cary Grant
Roger Thornhill

Eva Marie Saint
Eve Kendall

James Mason
Phillip Vandamm

Jessie Royce Landis
Clara Thornhill

Leo G. Carroll
The Professor

Josephine Hutchinson
Mrs. Townsend

Philip Ober
Lester Townsend

Martin Landau
Leonard

Written by

Ernest Lehman
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Alfred Hitchcock takes you.... North by Northwest!

14 years ago at Dec 1 19:46

Lexi

4 votes

''In the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie. There's only expedient exaggeration.''

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Cary Grant: Roger O. Thornhill

Alfred Hitchcock made North by Northwest at t... read more

NORTH BY NORTHWEST

15 years, 4 months ago at Jul 20 9:41

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I have always been a big Alfred Hitchcock fan and "North by Northwest" was in my view his most entertaining and important film. It certainly rates a high position in my "Top Ten" films list!! This is a fast moving witty thriller that never lets up in its 130 minutes running time. The film is in beautiful Technicolor and Cary Grant gives the performance of a lifetime as Roger O. Thornhill being mis... read more

Hitchcock's most action-packed film!

13 years, 9 months ago at Mar 11 8:22

SJMJ91

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Wow! What an intense action-packed thrill ride this film turned out to be. It is a really fun adventure that takes you cross-country and finding different ways to survive. I just love cat-and-mouse aka films involving fugitives and hostages because they are really suspensful and they are always packed with entertainment. I loved pretty much everything about North By Northwest. It is an absolute ma... read more

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A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Release date: 18 December 1959
UPC: 012569501621

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