North by Northwest

Release Date:

Jul 17, 1959

Running Time:

2:16

Genre:

Thriller

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast:

Cary Grant	Roger O. Thornhill/George Kaplan
Eva Marie Saint	Eve Kendall
James Mason	Phillip Vandamm
Leo G. Carroll	The Professor
Martin Landau	Leonard
Jessie Royce Landis	Clara Thornhill
Philip Ober	Lester Townsend
Adam Williams	Valerian
Josephine Hutchinson	Mrs. Townsend
Edward Platt	Victor Larrabee, Thornhill's Attorney
Robert Ellenstein	Licht
Les Tremayne	Auctioneer
Philip Coolidge	Dr. Cross

Producers:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Ernest Lehman

Language:

English

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This classic suspense film finds New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent. Hunted relentlessly by Vandamm's associates, the harried Thornhill ends up on a cross-country journey, meeting the beautiful and mysterious Eve Kendall along the way. Soon Vandamm's henchmen close in on Thornhill, resulting in a number of iconic action sequences.

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