North by Northwest
Thriller. New York advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken by a gang of spies for a Federal agent named George Kaplan. They make various attempts on his life and make him look like a murder suspect at the United Nations building. He flees their clutches, crossing America by train and coach, and is menaced by a cropduster, while he uncovers a plot involving smuggled microfilm. He faces the villains in a final showdown on Mount Rushmore.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Roger O. Thornhill Cary Grant
- Eve Kendall Eva Marie Saint
- Phillip Vandamm James Mason
- Clara Thornhill Jessie Royce Landis
- Professor Leo G. Carroll
- 'Mrs Townsend' Josephine Hutchinson
- Lester Townsend Philip Ober
- Leonard Martin Landau
- Valerian Adam Williams
- Victor Larabee Ed Platt
- Licht Robert Ellenstein
- auctioneer Les Tremayne
- Dr Cross Philip Coolidge
- Chicago policeman Patrick Mcvey
- Captain Junket Edward Binns
- Chicago policeman Ken Lynch
- [Maggie] Doreen Lang
- [Sergeant Emil Klinger] John Beradino
- [Anna, the housekeeper] Nora Marlowe
- [Judge Anson B. Flynn] Alexander Lockwood
- [Lieutenant Harding] Stanley Adams
- [cartoonist] Lawrence Dobkin
- [stockbroker] Harvey Stephens
- [reporter] Walter Coy
- [housewife] Madge Kennedy
- [taxi driver] Baynes Barron
- [taxi driver] Jimmy Cross
- [elevator starter] Tommy Farrell
- [captain of waiters] Harry Seymour
- [waiter] Frank Wilcox
- [Larry Wade] Robert Shayne
- [Fanning Nelson] Carleton Young
- [bellboy] Ralph Reed
- [Lt Hagerman] Paul Genge
- [Patrolman Waggoner, at Glen Cove] Robert B. Williams
- [Elsie, the maid] Maudie Prickett
- [valet] James McCallion
- [Indian girl] Doris Singh
- [girl on loudspeaker] Sally Fraser
- [girl attendant] Maura Mcgiveney
- [girl attendant] Susan Whitney
- [ticket agent] Ned Glass
- [conductor] Howard Negley
- [woman] Jesslyn Fax
- [woman] Lucille Curtis
- [woman] Anne Anderson
- [steward] Jack Daly
- [detective] Tol Avery
- [detective] Tom Greenway
- [porter] Ernest Anderson
- [man on the road] Malcolm Atterbury
- [farmer] Andy Albin
- [clerk] Carl Milletaire
- [assistant auctioneer] Olan Soulé
- [woman at auction] Helen Spring
- [police lieutenant] John Damler
- [police lieutenant] Len Hendry
- [bit woman] Patricia Cutts
- [bit man] Hugh Pryor
- [bit man] Charles Postal
- [man with razor] Taggart Casey
- [waiter] Bobby Johnson
- [photographer] Wilson Wood
- [attendant] Bill Catching
- [ranger] Dale Van Sickle
- [Dakota taxi driver] Frank Marlowe
- [assistant conductor] Harry Strang
- [man who misses bus] Alfred Hitchcock
- [telephone operator] Sara Berner
- [] Charles C. Welch
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Assistant Director Robert Saunders
Rights
Production
- Presents Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Producer Alfred Hitchcock
- Associate Producer Herbert Coleman
Writing
- Written by Ernest Lehman
Photography
- Director of Photography Robert Burks
- [Filmed] in VistaVision
- Color Consultant Charles K. Hagedon
Special Effects
- Special Effects A. Arnold Gillespie
- Special Effects Lee Leblanc
Editing
- Film Editor George Tomasini
Design
- Production Designed by Robert Boyle
- Art Director William A. Horning
- Art Director Merrill Pye
- Set Decorations Henry Grace
- Set Decorations Frank R. Mckelvy
Make-up
- Make-up by William Tuttle
- Hair Styles by Sydney Guilaroff
Titles
- Titles Designed by Saul Bass
Film processing
- [Prints by] Technicolor Technicolor
Music
- Music by Bernard Herrmann
Sound
- Recording Supervisor Franklin Milton
- Sound System Westrex Recording System