North By Northwest Synopsis & Movie Info

Synopsis

Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece stars Cary Grant as regular-guy Roger Thornhill, an advertising exec mistaken for the wrong man and entangled in a murder and international spy plot. The famous crop-duster sequence and the thrilling finale atop Mount Rushmore are moviemaking classics.

Movie Info

Starring:
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Theatrical Release Date:
03/09/1959
DVD Release Date:
08/29/2000
Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Run Time:
136 min.
Distributor(s):
MGM
Production Co.:
MGM
Director(s):
Alfred Hitchcock
Genre(s):
Action, Foreign
Themes:
Mistaken Identities, Flight of the Innocent
Tone:
Wry, Tense, Witty, Rousing, Stylish, Menacing, Paranoid
Keywords:
chase, airplane, frame-up, espionage, mastermind, on-the-run, assassination, cross-country, United-Nations, mistaken-identity
Language:
English
Status:
DVD

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