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North by Northwest

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• Adventure
• Crime/detective

• 1959
• Alfred Hitchcock
• 130 mins
• PG

Summary

Classic spy thriller starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. Advertising executive Roger Thornhill finds his life in deadly peril when he is mistaken for the mysterious "Mr Kaplan" by ruthless members of an enemy spy network. Failing to convince them of his identity, Thornhill tracks down the one man who can prove his story only to find himself accused of murder.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

This Hitchcock classic contains extra-generous helpings of the ingredients that make his films so unmissable. Action, intrigue, romance and comedy are blended throughout with consummate skill; the attack by the crop-dusting plane and the finale on Mount Rushmore are simply the icing on the cake. Rarely did Hitchcock have as much fun with his favourite "innocent in peril" theme or make such inventive use of famous landmarks. In his fourth and final collaboration with the "Master of Suspense", Cary Grant is the personification of suaveness as a hapless advertising executive who is forced to take on a nest of enemy agents, led by a rather disengaged James Mason.

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8.2/10

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Cast

rolenameRoger ThornhillCary GrantEve KendallEva Marie SaintPhillip VandammJames MasonClara ThornhillJessie Royce LandisProfessorLeo G CarrollLester TownsendPhilip OberLeonardMartin LandauValerianAdam WilliamsVictor LarrabeeEdward Platt"Mrs Townsend"Josephine HutchinsonLichtRobert EllensteinAuctioneerLes TremayneDr CrossPhilip CoolidgeCaptain JunketEdward BinnsSgt Emile KlingerJohn BeradinoAnnaNora MarloweMaggieDoreen LandJudge FlynnAlexander LockwoodLt HardingStanley AdamsMan who misses busAlfred Hitchcock

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rolenameDirectorAlfred Hitchcock

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Theatrical distributor

bfi

Released on

2009-06-19

Languages

English | French

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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