North by Northwest (1959)

  • NR
  • 07/17/1959 (US)
  • Thriller, Adventure
  • 2h 16m

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

Overview

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

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Ernest Lehman

Writer

Cast

Cary Grant's headshot

Cary Grant

Roger Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint's headshot

Eva Marie Saint

Eve Kendall
James Mason's headshot

James Mason

Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce Landis's headshot

Jessie Royce Landis

Clara Thornhill
Leo G. Carroll's headshot

Leo G. Carroll

Professor
Josephine Hutchinson's headshot

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Townsend
Philip Ober's headshot

Philip Ober

Lester Townsend
Martin Landau's headshot

Martin Landau

Leonard

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