North by Northwest

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

Genre : ThrillerAdventure

Runtime : 136 mins

Release Date : 1959-08-06

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North by Northwest is famous for its famous action sequences such as hanging on Mount Rushmore and the crop duster plane scene. Essentially it is a film of mistaken identity as advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for George Kaplan by some bad guys in league with a fore...

I hate user/critic review websites strictly because of movies like this. People will go see like, Gran Torino, be entertained, admire a couple symmetrical shots and smooth camera pans or whatever, and rate the thing a 4.5/5, 9/10, 95%, etc. But then there are movies that have a ten minute chase sce...

Sometimes the truth does taste like a mouthful of worms. Roger O Thornhill is a harmless and amiable advertising executive who is absurdly mistaken for a government agent by a gang of ruthless spies. Forced to go out on the lam, Thornhill lurches from one perilous scenario to another. Can he sur...

***It has its points of interest, but any 60’s Bond flick is a better choice*** When an ad executive in Manhattan (Gary Cooper) is mistaken for a government agent by a foreign spy & his cronies (James Mason, et al.) he finds himself a fugitive traveling by train to Chicago wherein he meets a wom...

Not one time did I think “This is good enough to deserve being on his (Hitchcock’s) filmography.

"Thornhill" (Cary Grant) is your typically fast-talking advertising executive who is meeting some folks for a drink when he is mistaken for a "Mr. Caplan". Whisked off at gunpoint to meet "Vandamm" (James Mason) and his henchman "Leonard" (Martin Landau) his protestations of innocence just get him ...

Seen this one a few times over the years and still is one of Hitchcock's best though personally Rear Window is still my favorite of his. Still, a great espionage thriller with solid performances from both Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. **4.5/5**

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))

John Beradino

(Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited))

Ned Glass

(Ticket Seller (uncredited))

Tol Avery

(State Police Detective (uncredited))

Malcolm Atterbury

(Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited))

Maudie Prickett

(Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited))

Stanley Adams

(Lieutenant Harding (uncredited))

Andy Albin

(Farmer (uncredited))

Ernest Anderson

(Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited))

Frank Wilcox

(Herman Weltner (uncredited))

Brandon Beach

(Man at Auction (uncredited))

Steve Carruthers

(Man at Auction (uncredited))

Taggart Casey

(Shaving Man (uncredited))

Bill Catching

(Auction Attendant (uncredited))

Walter Coy

(U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited))

Jimmy Cross

(Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited))

Patricia Cutts

(Hospital Patient (uncredited))

Jack Daly

(Train Steward (uncredited))

John Damler

(Police Lieutenant (uncredited))

Lawrence Dobkin

(U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited))

Tommy Farrell

(Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited))

Jesslyn Fax

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Adolph Faylauer

(Bald Bidder (uncredited))

Sally Fraser

(Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited))

Paul Genge

(Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited))

James Gonzalez

(Man at Auction (uncredited))

Tom Greenway

(Silent State Police Detective (uncredited))

Robert Haines

(Man at United Nations Building (uncredited))

Stuart Hall

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Alfred Hitchcock

(Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited))

Stuart Holmes

(Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited))

Eugene Jackson

(Security Guard at Auction (uncredited))

Bobby Johnson

(Waiter (uncredited))

Kenner G. Kemp

(Man Leaving Office Building (uncredited))

Madge Kennedy

(Mrs. Finlay (uncredited))

Colin Kenny

(Man at Auction (uncredited))

Carl M. Leviness

(Man at United Nations Building (uncredited))

Alexander Lockwood

(Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited))

Frank Marlowe

(Taxi Driver (uncredited))

Baynes Barron

(Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited))

Thomas Martin

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

James McCallion

(Plaza Valet (uncredited))

Maura McGiveney

(Attendant (uncredited))

Carl Milletaire

(Hotel Clerk (uncredited))

Hans Moebus

(Man at United Nations Building (uncredited))

Howard Negley

(Conductor on Twentieth Century, Ltd. (uncredited))

Monty O'Grady

(Man at United Nations Building (uncredited))

Ralph Reed

(Bellhop (uncredited))

John Roy

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Jeffrey Sayre

(Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited))

Scott Seaton

(Man at Auction (uncredited))

Harry Seymour

(Victor - Captain of Waiters (uncredited))

Robert Shayne

(Larry Wade (uncredited))

Jeremy Slate

(Policeman at Grand Central Station (uncredited))

Olan Soule

(Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited))

Helen Spring

(Bidder (uncredited))

Harvey Stephens

(Stockbroker (uncredited))

Harry Strang

(Assistant Conductor (uncredited))

Arthur Tovey

(Man at Auction (uncredited))

Dale Van Sickel

(Ranger (uncredited))

Lloyd Williams

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Robert B. Williams

(Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited))

Paula Winslowe

(Woman at Auction (uncredited))

Wilson Wood

(Photographer at United Nations (uncredited))

Carleton Young

(Fanning Nelson (uncredited))

Dick Johnstone

(Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Man at United Nations Building (uncredited))

Cosmo Sardo

(Worker (uncredited))

Don Anderson

(Worker (uncredited))

Alphonso DuBois

(Man at United Nations Building (uncredited))

Len Hendry

(Police Lieutenant (uncredited))

Anne Anderson

(Woman (uncredited))

Rama Bai

(Woman at United Nations Building (uncredited))

Finn Zirzow

(Worker (uncredited))

Roger C. Carmel

(Tall Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Donna Douglas

(Woman on Sidewalk (uncredited))

Caryl Lincoln

(Auction Guest (uncredited))

Bill Rebane

(Passenger)