North by Northwest
North by Northwest
“ It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"! ”
CINEMA1959-08-06
RegionUS
Runtime137 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“The blueprint for modern globetrotting thrillers featuring Cary Grant evading crop dusters and dangling off Mount Rushmore.”
Storyline
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
DIRECTOR / Director
Alfred Hitchcock
KEYWORDS
new york cityassassinationundercover agentespionagespycold warmistaken identitydeceptionfugitiveon the runadvertisingframedon the roadgovernment agentroad movieframed for murdertrainscold war eramount rushmoreabsurdsuspensefulman on the runcouple on the runmoral relativismexcitedvistavision
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