North by Northwest (1959)
Overview
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $4,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $13,275,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 32.921 |
Directed By
Alfred Hitchcock
Crew
Robert Burks
Bernard Herrmann
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert F. Boyle
Alfred Hitchcock
George Tomasini
William A. Horning
Lee LeBlanc
Merrill Pye
A. Arnold Gillespie
Franklin Milton
Sydney Guilaroff
Frank R. McKelvy
William Tuttle
Henry Grace
Ernest Lehman
Saul Bass
Robert Saunders
Herbert Coleman
TOP CAST
Cary Grant
Roger Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint
Eve Kendall
James Mason
Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce Landis
Clara Thornhill
Leo G. Carroll
Professor
Josephine Hutchinson
Mrs. Townsend
Philip Ober
Lester Townsend
Martin Landau
Leonard
Adam Williams
Valerian
Edward Platt
Victor Larrabee
Robert Ellenstein
Licht
Les Tremayne
Auctioneer
Philip Coolidge
Dr. Cross
Patrick McVey
Sergeant Flamm
Edward Binns
Captain Junket
Ken Lynch
Charley
Nora Marlowe
Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
Doreen Lang
Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)
John Beradino
Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Tol Avery
State Police Detective (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
Stanley Adams
Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
Andy Albin
Farmer (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson
Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Herman Weltner (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Taggart Casey
Shaving Man (uncredited)
Bill Catching
Auction Attendant (uncredited)
Walter Coy
U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
Jimmy Cross
Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)
Patricia Cutts
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Train Steward (uncredited)
John Damler
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
Tommy Farrell
Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Jesslyn Fax
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Bald Bidder (uncredited)
Sally Fraser
Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)
Paul Genge
Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
Silent State Police Detective (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
Eugene Jackson
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
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