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North by Northwest

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

1959 · G · 2h 17m

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

8.0

TMDB audience score
4,717 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

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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

  • Nora Marlowe
    Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)

  • Doreen Lang
    Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)