North by Northwest

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July 17, 1959

Theatrical Release Date:

07/17/1959

DVD Release Date:

08/29/2000

Run Time:

136min.

Starring:

Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason , Jesse Royce Landis , Leo G. Carroll

Director(s):

Alfred Hitchcock

Distributor(s):

MGM

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Action,Crime and Mystery,Foreign

Plot: While having lunch at the Plaza Hotel in New York, advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) has the bad luck to call for a messenger just as a page goes out for a "George Kaplan. Read More

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