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North by Northwest
The movie follows New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill as he looks for a way to survive while being pursued across the country by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent.
21 August 1901, Los Angeles, California, USA
November 26, 1902
26 August 1915
26 November 1922, Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
16 May 1893, Cumberland, England, UK
25 August 1907, Michigan, USA
23 September 1902, Berlin, Germany
June 22, 1891 in New York, USA
15 August 1900, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
March 18, 1901 in Texas, USA
6 March 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 March 1884, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 May 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 July 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 May 1917, New York, USA
19 April 1891, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 July 1924, Newark, New Jersey, USA
December 12, 1932 in Williston, North Dakota, USA
5 June 1909, Booneville, Arkansas, USA
23 February 1924, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 March 1910, Grafton, North Dakota, USA
7 October 1921, Hollywood, California, USA
12 October 1903, Seattle, Washington, USA
3 May 1898, Lisle, New York, USA
15 July 1910, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14 February 1916, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
June 1, 1908 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
7 April 1915, New York City, New York, USA
February 11, 1915 in Huron, North Dakota, USA
September 28, 1914 in Natucket, Massachusetts, USA
June 27, 2011
It has all the classic elements of a Hitchcock film - well timed suspense, an overall mystery, a compelling cast and some brilliantly conceived scenes.April 23, 2009
Smoothly troweled and thoroughly entertaining.May 20, 2003
... a colorful and exciting route for spies, counterspies and lovers.January 01, 2011
Witty Hitchcock thriller. Not for little ones.December 30, 2012
...a tenuously engaging thriller that could've used a few more passes through the editing bay...June 19, 2009
Hitchcock breezes through a tongue-in-cheek, nightmarish plot with a lightness of touch that's equalled by a charming performance from Grant.March 27, 2009
A great film, and certainly one of the most entertaining movies ever made, directed by Alfred Hitchcock at his peak.May 16, 2012
The iconic actors give memorable performances, the story is perfectly pitched and fiercely clever and under the astounding directorial eye of Alfred Hitchcock - American Cinematic God - it's nearly flawless.November 08, 2009
The picture is hugely pleased with itself, but it's too funny and expertly calibrated to mind in the least.January 26, 2006
All in all, an improbable classic.February 27, 2010
ideal introduction to the Master and all his basic fears and craftsmanshipMarch 26, 2009
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.