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North by Northwest

1959

Alfred Hitchcock

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau ...

8.2

70,824

Mystery Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Suddenly, the hapless businessman is targeted as an American intelligence agent and set up as a killer. All of Thornhills attempts to straighten things out only make matters worse--and soon the desperate man is on the run from murderous foreign operatives, the CIA and the police.

	Author	Review
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"One of the most entertaining movies ever made"	POS
United Kingdom	Mark Monahan Telegraph	"'North by Northwest' is a magnificent thriller, but it's also very funny (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"I can't imagine anyone now succeeding in blending thrills, spills, caresses and laughs the way he did in this sublime classic (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	A.H. Weiler The New York Times	"It is all done in brisk, genuinely witty and sophisticated style."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Each viewing reveals something new to enhance the pleasure of watching the Master of Suspense at his most mischievous and assured (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Almar Haflidason BBC	"A thriller so improbable that it becomes quite brilliant in evading even the most fantastic of audience guesses (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety	"At times it seems Hitchcock is kidding his own penchant for the bizarre, but this sardonic attitude is so deftly handled it only enhances the thrills."	POS
United States	Bill Weber Slant	"The picture is hugely pleased with itself, but it’s too funny and expertly calibrated to mind in the least (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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