North by Northwest
1959 · Movie · 2h 17m · G
ThrillerAdventure
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
98/100
Key crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Ernest LehmanWriter
Cast
- Cary GrantRoger Thornhill
- Eva Marie SaintEve Kendall
- James MasonPhillip Vandamm
- Jessie Royce LandisClara Thornhill
- Leo G. CarrollProfessor
- Josephine HutchinsonMrs. Townsend
- Philip OberLester Townsend
- Martin LandauLeonard
- Adam WilliamsValerian
- Edward PlattVictor Larrabee
- Robert EllensteinLicht
- Les TremayneAuctioneer
Stills
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Themes
new york cityassassinationundercover agentespionagespycold warmistaken identitydeceptionromancefugitiveon the runadvertising