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North by Northwest

North by Northwest

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Key Information
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Cary Grant
Actors: Martin Landau
Genre: Action/Adventure
Subgenre: Suspense · Recommended · Romances · Spies · On-The-Run · Spy · Blockbuster · Mistaken Identity · Essential Cinema · Classic · Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Available Formats: DVD: Deluxe Collector's Box Set
UPC: 012569553132
Release Date: 1959
Running Time: 2hr 16min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD: Deluxe Collector's Box Set, 2hr 51min
Release Company: Creative Design Art (June 11, 2002)
UPC: 663286201242
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 2hr 16min
Release Company: MGM Home Entertainment (December 11, 1996)
UPC: 027616596734
Credits
Screenwriter: Ernest Lehman
Professional Reviews
: (12/01/2003, p.10, Premiere Staff): "...NORTH BY NORTHWEST is the paragon for every action caper that's followed."
More Information
Details: NORTH BY NORTHWEST is a suspense thriller that finds Cary Grant in the role of Roger Thornhill, a Manhattan advertising executive mistaken for a spy. Considered by many to be the prototypical pure action movie (creating the template for later James Bond and Indiana Jones films), the film is a cross-country roller-coaster ride with Alfred Hitchcock at the helm. The film is duly famous for several classic and indelible scenes, including the desert biplane encounter and the Mt. Rushmore climax. The original title was THE MAN IN LINCOLN'S NOSE, which was replaced by a reference to a line from William Shakespeare's HAMLET (in which Hamlet says, "I am but mad north-north-west."). The magical combination of Hitchcock and the debonair Grant--who made four wonderful films together--makes NORTH BY NORTHWEST a suspense-filled standout. <br> <br> When Thornhill finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, the world as he knows it comes to an end. Suddenly danger threatens as the hapless businessman is targe...
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