Name: North by Northwest (1959)
Duration: 2 h 16 min
Rating: 4.75

North by Northwest (1959)

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

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Movie Info & Cast

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Producer: Herbert Coleman, Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Ernest Lehman

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
Jessie Royce Landis
Leo G. Carroll
Josephine Hutchinson
Philip Ober
Martin Landau
Adam Williams
Edward Platt

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Trivia

Rather than go to the expense of shooting in a South Dakota woodland, Sir Alfred Hitchcock planted one hundred ponderosa pines on an MGM soundstage.

Goofs

Position of the wine glass during the dinner on the train.

Quotes

- [Hanging by their fingers from Mount Rushmore]
- Eve Kendall: What happened with your first two marriages?
- Roger Thornhill: My wives divorced me.
- Eve Kendall: Why?
- Roger Thornhill: They said I led too dull a life.

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Based on 16 Critics

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USER SCORE (90)

Universal acclaim based on 90 Reviews

100

The picture is hugely pleased with itself, but it’s too funny and expertly calibrated to mind in the least. Both Hitchcock and Grant raise relaxed confidence to masterpiece level here.

Bill Weber

Slant Magazine

North by Northwest is also surprisingly forthright when it comes to sexual matters. There aren't many euphemisms or double entendres in the interaction between Thornhill and Eve.

James Berardinelli

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