North By Northwest (1959)
North By Northwest is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most popular films and was released in 1959. The film centers on Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant), an average advertising executive in New York who is hunted by foreign spies who think he is actually a secret agent. The film co-stars Eva Marie Saint, whose character Eve Kendall acts as a love interest to Roger.
North By Northwest
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Release Date
- September 8, 1959
- Studio(s)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributor(s)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- Eva Marie Saint , James Mason , Cary Grant , Leo G. Carroll , Jessie Royce Landis
- Writers
- Ernest Lehman
- Runtime
- 136 minutes
- Budget
- $4.3 million
Summary
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies.
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