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North by Northwest

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Original title

North by Northwest

Year

1959

Running time

136 min.

Country

United States

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Screenwriter

Ernest Lehman

Cast

Music

Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography

Robert Burks

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Mystery | Spy Film. Cult Movie

Synopsis

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.

Rankings Position

#10 Best Mystery Films
#11 Best Movies of the '50s
#34 Best US Movies of all time
#50 Best Movies in the history of film

Awards: 1959: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Best Screenplay, Editing, Art Direction

1959: San Sebastian Film Festival: Best Director (ex-aequo)

1959: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1959: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Comedy Screenplay

1959: National Board of Review: Top 10 Best films

1959: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actor (Cary Grant)

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