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North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman , who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures".
- $4.3 million
- July 1, 1959 (Chicago)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Bernard Herrmann
A classic Hitchcock thriller starring Cary Grant as a man mistaken for a spy and pursued by foreign agents. Watch the trailer, see photos, read reviews and trivia, and learn about the plot and cast of this action adventure mystery film.
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- Action, Adventure, Mystery
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1959-12-18
Jan 15, 2021 · Watch the classic 1959 spy thriller film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant as an innocent man who is mistaken for a spy and chased across the US by a mysterious organization. Download the movie in high-quality 720p from Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, music, and more.
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Sep 22, 2023. Rated: 4.5/5 • Aug 24, 2022. This classic suspense film finds New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) after...
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- Cary Grant
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
- IT WAS CONCEIVED WHILE ITS WRITER AND DIRECTOR WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE. MGM hired Ernest Lehman (Sweet Smell of Success) to write the movie version of a novel called The Wreck of the Mary Deare, with Alfred Hitchcock assigned to direct.
- THE MOVIE WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT BERNARD HERRMANN. The legendary film composer, a Hitchcock collaborator since 1955's The Trouble with Harry, is the one who introduced Hitchcock to Ernest Lehman, thinking they'd hit it off.
- JAMES STEWART WANTED TO PLAY THE LEAD. Stewart had been in four Hitchcock movies at this point, and he wanted North by Northwest to be the fifth. But while Hitch loved him, he didn't think he was right for the glibly debonair Roger Thornhill.
- CARY GRANT HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. The star found the screenplay baffling, and midway through filming told Hitchcock, "It's a terrible script.
A classic spy thriller starring Cary Grant as a New York ad man mistaken for a government agent and hunted by foreign spies. Read the full plot summary, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece.
A classic suspense thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant as an advertising man mistaken for a spy. Find out the cast, crew, photos, videos, film details and more on TCM.
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