North by Northwest

1959 · directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Rating

99/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250, NFR

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

North by Northwest (1959), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, rates 99/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Cary Grant
• Eva Marie Saint
• James Mason
• Jessie Royce Landis
• Leo G. Carroll
• Josephine Hutchinson
• Philip Ober
• Martin Landau
• Adam Williams
• Edward Platt

Crew

• Robert Burks — Director of Photography
• George Tomasini — Editor
• Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer
• Ernest Lehman — Writer

More from Alfred Hitchcock

1. Rear Window (1954) — 100/100 · hit
2. Vertigo (1958) — 99/100 · hit
3. Psycho (1960) — 99/100 · hit
4. Rebecca (1940) — 89/100 · hit
5. Notorious (1946) — 86/100 · hit
6. The Lady Vanishes (1938) — 85/100 · hit

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