North by Northwest poster
Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer Ernest Lehman

North by Northwest

Tagline: It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!

Release Date: 1959-07-08

Duration: 136 minutes

Synopsis

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

Casting

  • Alfred Hitchcock
    Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
  • James Mason
    Phillip Vandamm
  • Cary Grant
    Roger Thornhill
  • Eva Marie Saint
    Eve Kendall
  • Arthur Tovey
    Man at Auction (uncredited)
  • Lawrence Dobkin
    U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
  • Nora Marlowe
    Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
  • Adam Williams
    Valerian
  • Bert Stevens
    Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Edward Platt
    Victor Larrabee