North by Northwest

1959
9.0
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Title: North by Northwest

Original Title: North by Northwest

Year: 1959

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: October 20 2017
  • United States: August 06 1959

Plot

Roger O. Thornhill is an executive who is mistaken for a government agent named George Kaplan due to a misunderstanding. Three men take him to a mansion and interrogate him. They try to kill him, but unexpectedly, he escapes. However, when he goes to the police, no one believes him, but the terrorists will not stop chasing him, believing he is Kaplan. During his flight he meets a mysterious woman who helps him to escape. Meanwhile, Roger will begin to investigate by himself to discover who are these people that try to kill him, and who is the mysterious George Kaplan. The government knows the story of Roger, and they also have a plan. This is one of the most acclaimed films of director Alfred Hitchcock.

Cast

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Roger O. Thornhill

Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Eve Kendall

James Mason

James Mason

Phillip Vandamm

Jessie Royce Landis

Jessie Royce Landis

Clara Thornhill

Leo G. Carroll

Leo G. Carroll

The Professor

Philip Ober

Philip Ober

Lester Townsend

Videos

'North by Northwest' Trailer 2:12

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Trivia

Aren't you too old?

Cary Grant was initially reluctant to accept the role of Roger Thornhill since at 55 he was much older than the character.

James Stewart's disappointment

While filming 'Vertigo', Alfred Hitchcock described some of the plot of this project to frequent Hitchcock leading man and 'Vertigo' star James Stewart, who naturally assumed that the director meant to cast him in the Roger Thornhill role, and was eager to play it. Actually, Hitchcock wanted Cary Grant to play the role. By the time Hitchcock realized the misunderstanding, Stewart was so anxious to play Thornhill that rejecting him would have caused a great deal of disappointment. So Hitchcock delayed production on 'North by Northwest' until Stewart was already safely committed to filming Otto Preminger's 'Anatomy of a Murder' before "officially" offering him the role. Stewart had no choice; he had to turn down the offer, allowing Hitchcock to cast Grant, the actor he had wanted all along.

#55

In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #55 Greatest Movie of All Time.

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