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A 2000 MILE CHASE . . . That blazes a trail of TERROR to a gripping, spine-chilling climax !
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
North by Northwest
1959 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Cary Grant Eva Marie Saint James Mason Jessie Royce Landis Leo G. Carroll Josephine Hutchinson Philip Ober Martin Landau Adam Williams Edward Platt Robert Ellenstein Les Tremayne Philip Coolidge Patrick McVey Edward Binns Ken Lynch Nora Marlowe Doreen Lang John Beradino Ned Glass Tol Avery Malcolm Atterbury Maudie Prickett Bess Flowers Stanley Adams Andy Albin Ernest Anderson Frank Wilcox Brandon Beach Show All…
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De dood op de hielen, Észak, északnyugat, Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, De Man Die Verdwijnen Moest, Na sever severozápadnou dráhou, Med hjertet i halsen, Der unsichtbare Dritte, Con la muerte en los talones, La Mort aux trousses, Intrigo internazionale, На север через северо-запад, Intriga Internacional, Północ - północny zachód, 西北偏北, Észak-északnyugat, Gizli Teşkilat, Na sever severozápadní linkou, I sista minuten, Στη σκιά των τεσσάρων γιγάντων, Север-северозапад, Menneskejagt, شمال از شمال غربی, מזימות בינלאומיות, 북북서로 진로를 돌려라, La nord, prin nord-vest, Vaarallinen romanssi, 北北西に進路を取れ, На північ через північний захід, Į šiaurę per šiaurės vakarus, 北西北, Intriga internacional, Na sever severozápadnou linkou, Sjever-sjeverozapad, เหนือมฤตยู, Perseguit per la mort, Loode kaude põhja
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USA
Chicago, Illinois
17 Jul 1959
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USA
Los Angeles, California
18 Jul 1959
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Spain
San Sebastián Film Festival
Theatrical limited
16 Aug 2018
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South Korea12
Theatrical
08 Jul 1959
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UKPG
06 Aug 1959
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USA
02 Sep 1959
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Brazil
17 Sep 1959
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Japan
19 Oct 1959
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Sweden15
21 Oct 1959
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FranceTP
12 Nov 1959
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Hong Kong
27 Nov 1959
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AustraliaPG
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Italy
15 Dec 1959
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Greece13
18 Dec 1959
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FinlandK-16
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Germany12
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Netherlands6
19 Feb 1960
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IrelandPG
08 Mar 1960
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PortugalM/12
17 Mar 1960
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Uruguay
01 Oct 1960
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South Korea12
26 Jun 1997
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Netherlands6
04 Oct 2000
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SpainA
26 Jun 2008
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Netherlands6
Digital
01 Jul 2020
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AustraliaPG
Physical
01 Apr 2001
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CzechiaU
22 Jun 2001
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Netherlands6
12 Jul 2010
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Brazil14
14 Nov 2012
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Netherlands6
08 Nov 2016
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France
TV
30 Jan 2005
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Netherlands6
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Australia
27 Nov 1959
- TheatricalPG
01 Jul 2020
- DigitalPG
Brazil
02 Sep 1959
- Theatrical
12 Jul 2010
- Physical14 Videolar mj.gov.br
Czechia
01 Apr 2001
- PhysicalU DVD
Finland
18 Dec 1959
- TheatricalK-16
France
21 Oct 1959
- TheatricalTP
08 Nov 2016
- Physical
Germany
18 Dec 1959
- Theatrical12
Greece
15 Dec 1959
- Theatrical13
Hong Kong
12 Nov 1959
- Theatrical
Ireland
19 Feb 1960
- TheatricalPG
Italy
27 Nov 1959
- Theatrical
Japan
17 Sep 1959
- Theatrical
Netherlands
18 Dec 1959
- Theatrical6
26 Jun 1997
- Theatrical6 Re-release
22 Jun 2001
- Physical6 DVD
30 Jan 2005
- TV6 Veronica
26 Jun 2008
- Theatrical6 Re-release
14 Nov 2012
- Physical6 Blu ray
Portugal
08 Mar 1960
- TheatricalM/12
South Korea
01 Oct 1960
- Theatrical12
16 Aug 2018
- Theatrical limited12 Re-release
Spain
18 Jul 1959
- Premiere San Sebastián Film Festival
04 Oct 2000
- TheatricalA ICAA: 113700
Sweden
19 Oct 1959
- Theatrical15
UK
08 Jul 1959
- TheatricalPG
USA
01 Jul 1959
- Premiere Chicago, Illinois
17 Jul 1959
- Premiere Los Angeles, California
06 Aug 1959
- Theatrical New York City, New York
Uruguay
17 Mar 1960
- Theatrical
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I love what Hitchcock does visually here. Also probably his silliest (that last cut is hilarious.) Isn't this essentially just The 39 Steps with more creative freedom? He even mentions the number 39.
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is it just me or did alfred hitchcock accidentally make a james bond movie 4 years before they even existed? iconic behaviour
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North by Northwest is famous because of one scene. Now, that doesn't mean the rest of it is lacking, as it should be common knowledge of its solidified place in the canon of the greatest American films in the history of the cinema, but the zenith is found in a classic Hitchcock concept: the image of the pursuer and the pursued. Its famous sequence of a crop-duster aircraft leaping towards Cary Grant's Roger O. Thornhill in the Midwest countryside - bullets flying near his dives for survival - is constructed through the context of a world unknown: a place not designed for your color or creed or gender or social status. It is an environment, depicted via the…
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When I was a kid I was bored stupid by the movie described by my parents as among the most action-packed thrillers ever made, but that's just because I was too young to appreciate the amazing score by Bernard Hermann, how nice and classy all the trains and hotel rooms look, and all the sexual style banter like when Cary Grant says to Eve Marie Saint, "I could murder you right now" and she says "yes, preferably my pussy."
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hiring an actress only eight years older than Cary Grant for the role of his mother in this film has to be one of the funniest casting decisions ever made
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Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest features a spellbinding first half which makes terrific use of clever wit, elevated tension & elements of suspense but it is unfortunately marred by a lacklustre second half which bogs the story down with a dragged narrative and feels rather overlong in the end although it does have one spectacular sequence that will be etched in memory once it's seen.
One of the first films to lay down the foundations for modern action thrillers in Hollywood, North by Northwest is a thrilling tale of mistaken identity which concerns an innocent advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by an organisation of foreign spies and is pursued by them. The story covers his journey of…
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Horizontal meets vertical as the title and crisscrossing credits propose. Cary Grant commits the greatest of horizontal acts (swiping into a cab) and tells the man a lie he's a hero for his immobility. The rest of the film turns a cosmic joke on the star as he runs from East to West in the identity of a man of a shorter suit. The camera arcs in a circular dance as he faces James Mason, the short stature man pulling his weight through lean Martin Laundau, who pours a tall bottle into Grant. "It's so horribly sad...why is it I feel like laughing?" an agent exclaims after a top down shot against the UN makes Grant a small dot in…
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