North by Northwest

Alfred Hitchcock

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3.67

North by Northwest

Synopsis

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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Cast

Cary GrantRoger Thornhill
Eva Marie SaintEve Kendall
James MasonPhillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce LandisClara Thornhill
Leo G. CarrollProfessor
Josephine HutchinsonMrs. Townsend
Philip OberLester Townsend
Martin LandauLeonard
Adam WilliamsValerian
Edward PlattVictor Larrabee

Recommendations

100
The Telegraph
There’s a superabundance of sparkling, often marvellously terse one-liners (when asked what the “O” stands for, Thornhill’s resigned and emotionally relevant answer is, “Nothing”) – and, my, how wittily Grant delivers them.
100
Empire
This is Hitchcock's longest film and also his most self-referential. Little jokes abound about art and artifice, role play and reality, duty and duplicity and each viewing reveals something new to enhance the pleasure of watching the Master of Suspense at his most mischievous and assured.
100
The Hollywood Reporter
This film is pure entertainment.
100
Slant Magazine
The picture is hugely pleased with itself, but it’s too funny and expertly calibrated to mind in the least. Both Hitchcock and Grant raise relaxed confidence to masterpiece level here.
100
The Guardian
[A] sublime classic.
100
Variety
North by Northwest is the Alfred Hitchcock mixture - suspense, intrigue, comedy, humor. Seldom has the concoction been served up so delectably.
100
TV Guide Magazine
NORTH BY NORTHWEST has everything--thrills, suspense, mystery, and black humor, as well as dark undertones of sexual exploitation and covert political machination.
100
Chicago Reader
A great film, and certainly one of the most entertaining movies ever made, directed by Alfred Hitchcock at his peak.