North By Northwest
Mystery, Thriller
Warner Bros.  (1959) 136 mins NR

8.6 (74,566 votes) Top 250: #28
"One of Hitchcock's most entertaining American thrillers." -Pauline Kael, 5001 NIGHTS AT THE MOVIES

Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper judged one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 Films and spruced up with a new digital transfer and remixed Dolby Digital Stereo. He plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in another signature set piece, crop-dusted. He also holds on for dear life from the facial features of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore (backlot sets were used). But don't expect the Master of Suspense to leave star or audience hanging....

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Cast and Crew
Cary Grant  ......  Roger O. Thornhill
James Mason  ......  Phillip Vandamm
Eva Marie Saint  ......  Eve Kendall
Jessie Royce Landis  ......  Clara Thornhill
Leo G. Carroll  ......  The Professor
Josephine Hutchinson  ......  Mrs. Townsend
Director  .....  Alfred Hitchcock
Producer  .....  Herbert Coleman; Alfred Hitchcock
Writer  .....  Ernest Lehman
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Thornhill is photographed at the United Nations with the knife in his left hand, Thornhill holds a picture of Vandamm in his right hand. Later, this incriminating photo of Thornhill is seen in the possession of the the ticket seller, with Thornhill holding the knife in his left hand but with his right hand empty. (more)

Trivia:
The two actors who played the Chicago auctioneer and his assistant, Les Tremayne and Olan Soule, succeeded each other as the lead on the popular radio show "Mr. First Nighter," during the 1930s and 1940s. (more)

Filming Locations:
Bakersfield, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
Charley - Chicago Policeman: Where are we goin'?
Sergeant Flamm - Chicago Policeman: Airport.
Charley - Chicago Policeman: For what?
Sergeant Flamm - Chicago Policeman: Orders.
(more)

Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations (more)