North by Northwest

Name: North by Northwest
Genre: Thriller, Adventure
Released: 1959-08-06
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 8

★ 8,0 /10 (4,580 Votes)

1959 EN 137 min

Overview

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

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Release date

06/08/1959

Votes

4,580

Popularity

10.2

It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!

Genres

Thriller Adventure

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

137 min

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$13,275,000

Cary Grant

Roger Thornhill

Eva Marie Saint

Eve Kendall

James Mason

Phillip Vandamm

Jessie Royce Landis

Clara Thornhill

Leo G. Carroll

Professor

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Townsend

Philip Ober

Lester Townsend

Martin Landau

Leonard

Adam Williams

Valerian

Edward Platt

Victor Larrabee

Robert Ellenstein

Licht

Les Tremayne

Auctioneer

Philip Coolidge

Dr. Cross

Patrick McVey

Sergeant Flamm

Edward Binns

Captain Junket

Ken Lynch

Charley

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Nora Marlowe

Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)

Doreen Lang

Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)

John Beradino

Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)

Ned Glass

Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Tol Avery

State Police Detective (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury

Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett

Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)

Stanley Adams

Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)

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Andy Albin

Farmer (uncredited)

Ernest Anderson

Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Herman Weltner (uncredited)

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Brandon Beach

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Taggart Casey

Shaving Man (uncredited)

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Bill Catching

Auction Attendant (uncredited)

Walter Coy

U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

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Jimmy Cross

Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)

Patricia Cutts

Hospital Patient (uncredited)

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Jack Daly

Train Steward (uncredited)

John Damler

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Lawrence Dobkin

U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

Tommy Farrell

Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)

Jesslyn Fax

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Bald Bidder (uncredited)

Sally Fraser

Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)

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Paul Genge

Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Tom Greenway

Silent State Police Detective (uncredited)

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Robert Haines

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Stuart Hall

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)

Eugene Jackson

Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)

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Bobby Johnson

Waiter (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Man Leaving Office Building (uncredited)

Madge Kennedy

Mrs. Finlay (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Alexander Lockwood

Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Baynes Barron

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

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Thomas Martin

Train Passenger (uncredited)

James McCallion

Plaza Valet (uncredited)

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Maura McGiveney

Attendant (uncredited)

Carl Milletaire

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Conductor on Twentieth Century, Ltd. (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Ralph Reed

Bellhop (uncredited)

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John Roy

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Harry Seymour

Victor - Captain of Waiters (uncredited)

Robert Shayne

Larry Wade (uncredited)

Jeremy Slate

Policeman at Grand Central Station (uncredited)

Olan Soule

Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)

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Helen Spring

Bidder (uncredited)

Harvey Stephens

Stockbroker (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Assistant Conductor (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Ranger (uncredited)

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Lloyd Williams

Minor Role (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams

Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited)

Paula Winslowe

Woman at Auction (uncredited)

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Wilson Wood

Photographer at United Nations (uncredited)

Carleton Young

Fanning Nelson (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Worker (uncredited)

Don Anderson

Worker (uncredited)

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Alphonso DuBois

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Len Hendry

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Anne Anderson

Woman (uncredited)

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Rama Bai

Woman at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Finn Zirzow

Worker (uncredited)

Roger C. Carmel

Tall Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Donna Douglas

Woman on Sidewalk (uncredited)

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Caryl Lincoln

Auction Guest (uncredited)

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North by Northwest is famous for its famous action sequences such as hanging on Mount Rushmore and the crop duster plane scene. Essentially it is a film of mistaken identity as advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for George Kaplan by some bad guys in league with a foreign power presumably Russian. The trouble is Kaplan is a made up operative created by the CIA to flush out the film's villain, the urbane but deadly Vandamm (James Mason) and his cronies such as the fey henchman Leonard (Martin Landau) who are out to get Thornhill. Thornhill in order to prove h…

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I hate user/critic review websites strictly because of movies like this. People will go see like, Gran Torino, be entertained, admire a couple symmetrical shots and smooth camera pans or whatever, and rate the thing a 4.5/5, 9/10, 95%, etc. But then there are movies that have a ten minute chase scene with Cary Grant scaling down Mount Rushmore, every second of which you're screaming at the screen. Of course my most pompous entry is for an Alfred Hitchcock. But please, for progeny's sake, save the high ratings for ones that earn em

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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…

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***It has its points of interest, but any 60’s Bond flick is a better choice*** When an ad executive in Manhattan (Gary Cooper) is mistaken for a government agent by a foreign spy & his cronies (James Mason, et al.) he finds himself a fugitive traveling by train to Chicago wherein he meets a woman that seems to have his favor (Eva Marie Saint). After a curious encounter with a crop dusting plane everything culminates at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. "North by Northwest" (1959) is an adventure/thriller by Hitchcock with a huge reputation. It obviously influenced the James Bond flicks of …

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Not one time did I think “This is good enough to deserve being on his (Hitchcock’s) filmography.

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"Thornhill" (Cary Grant) is your typically fast-talking advertising executive who is meeting some folks for a drink when he is mistaken for a "Mr. Caplan". Whisked off at gunpoint to meet "Vandamm" (James Mason) and his henchman "Leonard" (Martin Landau) his protestations of innocence just get him pumped full of booze and put behind the wheel of a car, the likely suspect of a murder investigation. He has to stay one step ahead of the pursuing police now as he tries to get his life back, a task made more difficult by his encounter with the charmingly enigmatic "Eve" (a rather static Eva Marie S…

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Seen this one a few times over the years and still is one of Hitchcock's best though personally Rear Window is still my favorite of his. Still, a great espionage thriller with solid performances from both Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. **4.5/5**

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