North by Northwest

North by Northwest

(1959)

Tagline

It's a deadly game of 'tag' and Cary Grant is 'it'...

Starring

Cary Grant Eva Marie Saint James Mason Jessie Royce Landis Philip Coolidge

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

Action Adventure Drama Mystery Suspense Thriller

Running Time

136 minutes

North by Northwest

Overview

An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Released

22 November 1959

Budget

£4,000,000

Revenue

£13,275,000

Language

English

Studio

MGM

Country of Origin

United States of America

Cast

Cary Grant...Roger O. Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint...Eve Kendall
James Mason...Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce Landis...Clara Thornhill
Philip Coolidge...Dr. Cross
Doreen Lang...Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary
Josephine Hutchinson...Vandamm's Sister aka Mrs. Townsend
Leo G. Carroll...The Professor
Philip Ober...Lester Townsend
Adam Williams...Valerian
Edward Platt...Victor Larrabee
Robert Ellenstein...Licht
Martin Landau...Leonard
Les Tremayne...Auctioneer
Patrick McVey...Sergeant Flamm
Edward Binns...Captain Junket
Ken Lynch...Charley - Chicago Policeman

Crew

Alfred Hitchcock...Director
Ernest Lehman...Author
Alfred Hitchcock...Producer
Sol Gorss...Stunt Double
Bernard Herrmann...Original Music Composer
Robert Burks...Director of Photography
George Tomasini...Editor
Van Allen James...Sound Designer
Robert F. Boyle...Production Design
Leonard Murphy...Casting
Herbert Coleman...Producer
Bud McNeil...Best Boy Electric
Bill Shaw...Gaffer
Ernest Lehman...Screenplay