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North by Northwest

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Calorie Rating: 191
Released: 1959-07-08
Running Time: 136 Minutes
Budget: 4000000
Revenue 13275000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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

Director / Directors

Robert Saunders
Assistant Director


Cast

Cary Grant
Character: Roger Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint
Character: Eve Kendall
James Mason
Character: Phillip Vandamm

Jessie Royce Landis
Character: Clara Thornhill
Leo G. Carroll
Character: Professor
Josephine Hutchinson
Character: Mrs. Townsend

Philip Ober
Character: Lester Townsend
Martin Landau
Character: Leonard
Adam Williams
Character: Valerian

Edward Platt
Character: Victor Larrabee
Robert Ellenstein
Character: Licht
Les Tremayne
Character: Auctioneer

Philip Coolidge
Character: Dr. Cross
Patrick McVey
Character: Sergeant Flamm
Edward Binns
Character: Captain Junket

Ken Lynch
Character: Charley
Nora Marlowe
Character: Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
Doreen Lang
Character: Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)

John Beradino
Character: Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Character: Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Tol Avery
Character: State Police Detective (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury
Character: Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
Character: Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Character: Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)

Stanley Adams
Character: Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
Andy Albin
Character: Farmer (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson
Character: Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox
Character: Herman Weltner (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Character: Man at Auction (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Character: Man at Auction (uncredited)

Taggart Casey
Character: Shaving Man (uncredited)
Bill Catching
Character: Auction Attendant (uncredited)
Walter Coy
Character: U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

Jimmy Cross
Character: Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)
Patricia Cutts
Character: Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Character: Train Steward (uncredited)

John Damler
Character: Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
Character: U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
Tommy Farrell
Character: Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)

Jesslyn Fax
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Character: Bald Bidder (uncredited)
Sally Fraser
Character: Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)

Paul Genge
Character: Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Character: Man at Auction (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
Character: Silent State Police Detective (uncredited)

Robert Haines
Character: Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Character: Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Character: Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
Eugene Jackson
Character: Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson
Character: Waiter (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Character: Man Leaving Office Building (uncredited)
Madge Kennedy
Character: Mrs. Finlay (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Character: Man at Auction (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness
Character: Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Alexander Lockwood
Character: Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Baynes Barron
Character: Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
James McCallion
Character: Plaza Valet (uncredited)

Maura McGiveney
Character: Attendant (uncredited)
Carl Milletaire
Character: Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Character: Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Howard Negley
Character: Conductor on Twentieth Century, Ltd. (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Character: Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Ralph Reed
Character: Bellhop (uncredited)

John Roy
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Character: Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Character: Man at Auction (uncredited)

Harry Seymour
Character: Victor - Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Robert Shayne
Character: Larry Wade (uncredited)
Jeremy Slate
Character: Policeman at Grand Central Station (uncredited)

Olan Soule
Character: Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
Helen Spring
Character: Bidder (uncredited)
Harvey Stephens
Character: Stockbroker (uncredited)

Harry Strang
Character: Assistant Conductor (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Character: Man at Auction (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Character: Ranger (uncredited)

Lloyd Williams
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Character: Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited)
Paula Winslowe
Character: Woman at Auction (uncredited)

Wilson Wood
Character: Photographer at United Nations (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Character: Fanning Nelson (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Character: Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Character: Worker (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Character: Worker (uncredited)

Alphonso DuBois
Character: Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Character: Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Anne Anderson
Character: Woman (uncredited)

Rama Bai
Character: Woman at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Finn Zirzow
Character: Worker (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Robert Burks
Director of Photography
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer

Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Lee LeBlanc
Special Effects

Merrill Pye
Art Direction
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision

William A. Horning
Art Direction
Henry Grace
Set Decoration

Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Herbert Coleman
Associate Producer

Saul Bass
Title Designer