North by Northwest Movie Review 1959

Self-assured Madison Avenue ad exec Roger Thornhill (Grant) inadvertently gets involved with international spies when they mistake him for someone else. His problems are compounded when he's framed for murder and winds up on a cross-country train trip with pretty Eve Kendall (Saint) who offers her help. The movie where Grant and Saint dangle from the faces of Mount Rushmore and a plane chases Grant through farm fields. Exceptional performances, particularly Grant's. Plenty of plot twists are mixed with tongue-in-cheek humor.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 136 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Frame-Ups, Spies & Espionage, Mistaken Identity, Great Escapes, Fugitives, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Ernest Lehman

Cast

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Leo G. Carroll, Martin Landau, Jessie Royce Landis, Philip Ober, Adam Williams, Josephine Hutchinson, Edward Platt

Cinematography

Robert Burks

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Music

Bernard Herrmann

Producer

MGM

Awards

AFI 1998: Top 100, Natl. Film Reg. 1995.