North by Northwest

Name: North by Northwest
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Genre: Thriller, Adventure
Released: 1959
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 8.3

American

1959 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 137 min

Audience: 8.3
Critics: 9.6

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A smooth Madison Avenue advertising executive is taken for someone he is not, and his ordinary life turns into a cross-country scramble across American landmarks. Hitchcock mixes suspense, romance and dry wit in a glossy, widescreen entertainment.

Alfred HitchcockDirector
Cary GrantActoras Roger Thornhill
Eva Marie SaintActoras Eve Kendall
James MasonActoras Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce LandisActoras Clara Thornhill
Leo G. CarrollActoras Professor
Josephine HutchinsonActoras Mrs. Townsend
Philip OberActoras Lester Townsend
Martin LandauActoras Leonard
Bernard HerrmannComposer
RB
Robert BurksCinematographer
Ernest LehmanWriter
GT
George TomasiniEditor
RF
Robert F. BoyleProduction designer

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Why it matters in cinema history

A defining example of the Hollywood suspense-adventure, it shows the studio system's craft at its most confident just before the 1960s changed American cinema.

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Watch it as Hitchcock playing with audience expectations: a thriller that keeps teasing you with humour while staying in control.

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