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North by Northwest
It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!
( Adventure / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 136 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Aug 06, 1959   [USA]
 
Director: Alfred Hitchcock   [Director]
 
Writer: Ernest Lehman   [Writer]
 
Producers: Herbert Coleman   [Associate Producer]
Alfred Hitchcock   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Robert Burks   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: George Tomasini   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Bernard Herrmann   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Robert F. Boyle   [Production Design]
 
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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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Tech Info:

Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$13,275,000

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