North By Northwest

Name: North By Northwest
Released: 1959-7-17
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll

North By Northwest

UR
2h 16m
1959

99%

age 11+

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Cary Grant stars as an innocent man mistaken for a spy in one of director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest thrillers. While leaving New York's Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) has the misfortune of standing just as the name "George Kaplan" is paged--starting a lethal case of mistaken identity and a nonstop game of cat and mouse as he is pursued across North America by espionage agents trying to kill him--and by police who suspect him of murder.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Producer:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writer:

Ernest Lehman

Cast:

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

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

99%

Critics Consensus: Gripping, suspenseful, and visually iconic, this late-period Hitchcock classic laid the groundwork for countless action thrillers to follow.

Reviews

VultureHound

Charlotte Harrison

Upon first watching it's a thrill to be taken on a journey of the unexpected... But it's upon the...

Its ingenious and witty script by Ernest Lehman was one of the handful of notable "originals" at a...

With North By Northwest truly being one of Alfred Hitchcock's best films, it was a pleasure to fin...

What a beautiful film. Hitchcock confirms his care for details in this romantic story about confus...

Nearly getting killed never looked like so much fun.

October 5, 2018

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 11+

Common Sense Says

Witty Hitchcock thriller piles on suspense and innuendo.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that North by Northwest is a Hitchcock classic that includes suspenseful scenes such as a forced drunken car chase on windy roads and a crop duster chase with shooting and an explosion. Typical of the era, there's drinking of hard liquor and smoking, with a seductive lighting-up featured in one scene. More seductive elements include forward sexual banter and some kissing -- the clothes stay on but there's a mention that the main characters slept together in their train car. It's also worth noting that the main character undergoes a big transformation, from fast-talking and unscrupulous ad exec to a man who risks his own life to find out the truth that will exonerate him.