North by Northwest
1959

North by Northwest

★ 8.3 / 10
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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Synopsis

In Alfred Hitchcock's 'North by Northwest', Cary Grant plays an innocent man mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies. He becomes embroiled in a deadly plot involving an assassination and a mysterious microfilm, leading him on a cross-country chase filled with suspense, romance and iconic cinematic moments.

Did You Know?
  • Cary Grant was actually drunk during the drunk driving scene.
  • Mt. Rushmore refused to allow any filming on the monument.
  • The crop duster scene was filmed in a California desert.
  • The movie wasn't shot in any of the locations it's set.
  • Alfred Hitchcock makes his cameo two minutes into the film.
Iconic Quotes
  • The moment I meet an attractive woman, I have to start pretending I have no desire to make love to her.
  • I'm a man of few words.
  • I didn't realize you were an art collector. I thought you just collected corpses.
  • In the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie. There's only expedient exaggeration.
  • Call it my woman's intuition, if you will. But I've never trusted neatness. Neatness is always the result of deliberate planning.
Editorial

Why Eltorama recommends this film

Hitchcock's wrong-man chase invented the template every spy movie since has cribbed: an ordinary man, a case of mistaken identity, and a continent to run across.
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Thrilling plane chase scene with striking color effects