North by Northwest (1959)

Name: North by Northwest (1959)
Duration: 2 h 16 min
Rating: 4.6

2hr 16m

2hr 16m
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A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a… More Details »

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Trailer two for this Hitchcock classic (01:03)
Alfred Hitchcock gives a guided tour of this 1959 classic film. (03:13)

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Producer:

Alfred Hitchcock, Herbert Coleman

Runtime:

2hr 16m

Synopsis

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Cast

Cary Grant
Eva Marie Saint
James Mason
Leo G. Carroll
Martin Landau
Jessie Royce Landis
Philip Ober
Adam Williams
Josephine Hutchinson
Edward Platt

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4.6 out of 5

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Based on 16 Critics

8.0

USER SCORE (186)

Generally favorable reviews based on 186 Reviews

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This is Hitchcock's longest film and also his most self-referential. Little jokes abound about art and artifice, role play and reality, duty and duplicity and each viewing reveals something new to enhance the pleasure of watching the Master of Suspense at his most mischievous and assured.

David Parkinson

Empire

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