North by Northwest (1959) - It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!

North by Northwest

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

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:

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

Uncredited Cast:

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) Andy Albin Farmer (uncredited) Ernest Anderson Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited) Frank Wilcox Herman Weltner (uncredited) Brandon Beach Man at Auction (uncredited) Steve Carruthers Man at Auction (uncredited) Taggart Casey Shaving Man (uncredited) Bill Catching Auction Attendant (uncredited) Walter Coy U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited) Jimmy Cross Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited) Patricia Cutts Hospital Patient (uncredited) 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) Paul Genge Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited) James Gonzalez Man at Auction (uncredited) Tom Greenway Silent State Police Detective (uncredited) Robert Haines Man at United Nations Building (uncredited) 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) 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) Thomas Martin Train Passenger (uncredited) James McCallion Plaza Valet (uncredited) Maura McGiveney Attendant (uncredited) Carl Milletaire Hotel Clerk (uncredited) 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) Ralph Reed Bellhop (uncredited) John Roy Train Passenger (uncredited) Jeffrey Sayre Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited) Scott Seaton Man at Auction (uncredited) 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) Helen Spring Bidder (uncredited) Harvey Stephens Stockbroker (uncredited) Harry Strang Assistant Conductor (uncredited) Arthur Tovey Man at Auction (uncredited) Dale Van Sickel Ranger (uncredited) Lloyd Williams Minor Role (uncredited) Robert B. Williams Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited) Paula Winslowe Woman at Auction (uncredited) Wilson Wood Photographer at United Nations (uncredited) Carleton Young Fanning Nelson (uncredited) Dick Johnstone Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) Bert Stevens Man at United Nations Building (uncredited) Cosmo Sardo Worker (uncredited) Don Anderson Worker (uncredited) Alphonso DuBois Man at United Nations Building (uncredited) Len Hendry Police Lieutenant (uncredited) Anne Anderson Woman (uncredited) Rama Bai Woman at United Nations Building (uncredited) Finn Zirzow Worker (uncredited) Roger C. Carmel Tall Man in Crowd (uncredited) Donna Douglas Woman on Sidewalk (uncredited) Caryl Lincoln Auction Guest (uncredited)

Sound Crew:

Franklin Milton Recording Supervision

Special Visual Effects Crew:

A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects		Lee LeBlanc Special Effects

Art Department:

Saul Bass Title Designer Henry Grace Set Decoration		Frank R. McKelvy Set Decoration

Directing Crew:

Robert Saunders Assistant Director

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