9.3 Score

1959 • 2h 16min • Approved • Adventure, Thriller

North by Northwest

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

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

IMDb 8.3

RT 97%

MC 98

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Composer

Bernard Herrmann

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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

Professor

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Townsend

Philip Ober

Lester Townsend

Martin Landau

Leonard

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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 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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