Rating: 
Summary: One of the very good adventure/spy films
Review:
Format: Color
Studio: Warner Home Video
Video Release Date: August 29, 2000
Cast: Cary Grant ... Roger O. Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint ... Eve Kendall
James Mason ... Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce Landis ... Clara Thornhill
Leo G. Carroll ... The Professor
Josephine Hutchinson ... Handsome Woman (Vandamm's sister, aka 'Mrs. Townsend')
Philip Ober ... Lester Townsend
Martin Landau ... Leonard
Adam Williams ... Valerian
Edward Platt ... Victor Larrabee (Thornhill's attorney)
Robert Ellenstein ... Licht
Les Tremayne ... Auctioneer
Philip Coolidge ... Dr. Cross
Patrick McVey ... Chicago police sergeant
Ed Binns ... Capt. Junket (Nassau County detective)
Ken Lynch ... Charley (Chicago policeman)
Jack Daly ... Steward
John Damler ... Lieutenant
Ernest Anderson ... Porter on 20th Century
Lawrence Dobkin ... U.S. Intelligence Agency official
Tommy Farrell ... Eddie (elevator operator)
Paul Genge ... Lt. Hagerman
Ned Glass ... Ticket seller
Tom Greenway ... Silent State Police detective
Malcolm Atterbury ... Man at prairie crossing
Norm Hefron ... Radio announcer
Len Hendry ... Lieutenant
Alfred Hitchcock ... Man who misses bus
Tol Avery ... State Police detective
Bobby Johnson ... Waiter
Sid Kane
Kenner G. Kemp ... Man leaving office building
Stanley Adams ... Lt. Harding, Nassau County Detective
Bill Lloyd ... Extra
Alexander Lockwood ... Judge Anson B. Flynn
Baynes Barron ... Taxi driver #2 Frank Marlowe ... Taxi driver (Dakota)
Tom Marshall ... Police Officer in Chicago
James McCallion ... Plaza valet
Carl Milletaire ... Hotel clerk
Howard Negley ... Conductor on 20th Century
Charles Postal
Hugh Pryor
John Beradino ... Sgt. Emile Klinger
Ralph Reed ... Bellhop
Jeffrey Sayre ... Man at Mt. Rushmore cafeteria
Harry Seymour ... Victor, Captain of Waiters
Robert Shayne ... Larry Wade
Jeremy Slate ... Policeman at Grand Central Station
Olan Soule ... Assistant auctioneer
Harvey Stephens ... Stockbroker
Bert Stevens ... Man at United Nations Building
Harry Strang ... Assistant conductor
Dale Van Sickel ... Ranger
Stephen Bolster ... Man with camera
Ray Weaver ... Policeman at Grand Central Station
Frank Wilcox ... Weitner
Robert Williams ... Patrolman Waggoner
Wilson Wood ... Photographer at UN
Carleton Young ... Fanning Nelson
Andy Albin ... Farmer
Taggart Casey ... Shaving man
Bill Catching ... Attendant
Walter Coy ... U.S. Intelligence Agency official
Jimmy Cross ... Taxi driver #1
Madge Kennedy ... Housewife
Doreen Lang ... Maggie (Thornhill's secretary)
Nora Marlowe ... Anna (housekeeper)
Maura McGiveney ... Attendant
Maudie Prickett ... Elsie (Plaza maid)
Sara Berner ... Telephone operator
Doris Singh ... Indian girl (UN receptionist)
Helen Spring ... Bidder
Susan Whitney ... Attendant
Lucille Curtis ... Woman
Patricia Cutts ... Bit part
Anne Anderson ... Woman
Jesslyn Fax ... Woman
Josephine Forsberg ... Friendly Passenger
Sally Fraser ... Hospital patient who tries to stop Roger Thornhill A good cast, with veteran actors and a compelling story. A young advertising executive (Grant) gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity, and is forced to go on the run with his life threatened in the process. The police are after him, and a spy (Mason)and his friends are trying to kill him. There are some good twists in the plot, and some great shots of South Dakota's famous monument, carved out of Mount Rushmore by Gutzon Borglund with dynamite. Lots of suspense, entertaining adventure (airplane shots) in the corn fields of Iowa (apparently). Eva Marie Saint provides a good love interest. A very entertaining film about cold war spies, well acted, plotted, and directed. Easy five stars. Joseph (Joe) Pierre
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Rating:
Summary: Straight bliss
Review: Does it get any better than North by Northwest? Not much. The sublime confluence of Hitch's masterful directing, Cary Grant's suave (and humorous) acting, the beautiful and charming (and not to mention smoothly debonair) Eva Marie Saint, the cunningly clever screenplay, singularly superb setting (including the thrilling climax at Mt. Rushmore as well as the iconic scene of the cropduster buzzing Grant in the middle of nowhere), and, of course, the exceptional music score all help immeasurably in molding the aesthetic dynamic and, in essence, make the film what it is - a certifiable masterpiece.
One note of interest: on the train ride when they first meet, Eva Marie Saint's line to Cary Grant of "I never discuss love on an empty stomach" is actually dubbed over the originally spoken line of "I never make love on an empty stomach" in acquiescence to the studio suits.
Rating:
Summary: Returning the Magic
Review: Like most people that saw this movie in 1959, I loved and saw it several times over the years , placing it in my top 20. I saw it several years ago on VHS and thought, maybe this movie really wasn`t the blockbuster I thought it to be. BUT THEN, I saw it on the new DVD version and the beautiful scenes were back and the splendid background music by Bernard Herrmann that Hitchcock used so perfectly in many of his best films was back in abundance. There are many films that are pretty much the same in VHS or DVD but North by Northwest is the winner by far in the DVD version.
Rating: 
Summary: Not that great.
Review: 'North by Northwest' is supposed to be one of Alfred Hitchcock's best movies, but I wasn't that impressed by it. There is a really awesome scene where an airplane chases Cary Grant across a corn field. Really cool.
Rating:
Summary: Another Great Hitchcock Film!!!
Review: This movie starts with a bang and doesn't let you go until the very end. This is another great, timeless, movie that Hitchcock so brilliantly put together. Considered by some, Hitchcock's greatest work, Cary Grant is brilliant in the film as a man stuck with a bad case of mistaken identity (Don't you hate it when that happens). This movie has so many twists and turns, you don't know what you're going to get yourself into next. Filmed in different locations throughout the country, the story takes the audience on a ride of comedy, mystery, and suspense. Cinematography doesn't get any better than this film. Several scenes use wonderful camera angles and cuts to enhance the feeling of suspense. The movie also has some very memorable characters, such as Cary Grant's character, Thornhill, Eva St. Marie's Eva Kendall, and my favorite, the evil Leonard played by Martin Landau (He is so creepy in this). From opening to the ending scene, this movie will hold you all the way. So sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Summary: One Of The Best Spy Movies Ever Made
Review: Alfred Hitchcock's knack for suspense was never represented better than it was in 1959's "North By Northwest". With a strong cast, a sparkling script and possibly the greatest film sequence ivolving an airplane, this one is definitely a keeper. Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant in his final Hitchcock movie)is a New York businessman with the most boring life in the world. That all changes when he is mistaken for a spy named George Kaplan and kidnapped bya much of gun - toting henchmen working for a delightfully devillish James Mason. He esacpes, and is soon framed for murder at the UN. He avoids the law by travelling cross - country on a train, during which he meets a sexy stranger (Eva Marie Saint). They soon decide to get to the bottom of what's going on. From nearly being killed by a cropduster to the sequence at the stitlt house those chilling final moments on Mount Rushmore, every moment keeps you on the edge of your seat. Great dvd. Extras include making - of documentary, theatrical trailer, commentary by screenwriter Ernie Lehman, and a photo gallery.
Rating:
Summary: Overrated!
Review: So many scenes are forced and not credible, when you think about it. Why was he lured to an open field and how was a plane supposed to kill him .. why not just run him down on a Chicago Street, or just knife him, as was done at the UN. And why was that fellow killed at the UN anyway? It seems the only reason was to put Cary Grant in the position of a murder . . he could have murdered anyone, anywhere . . . How convenient that Cary Grant just hapened to meet Van Dam's mistress on the train and why did she lead him on and then drop him. Makes no sense. Either does it make sense that his mother is his own age . . . couldn't they find an actress at least ten years older than him. She looks his own age too. This movie doesn't wear well at all...
Rating:
Summary: Great
Review: One of Hitchcock's very best, this 1959 thrill-a-minute wrong man running from the villain, then attempting to beat the villain (take a deep breadth), caper is one of the greatest movie adventure experiences you can see. You'll watch it again and again-well-I do anyway- and love it everytime.
Oh the web of mystery that the master of suspense weaves!
Oh the entrails of love the great director makes public!
Oh the plot twists he brilliantly unravels! Oh, what a great travellogue!
Rating:
Summary: Once seen, who could ever forget it?
Review: Marvelous old film with Cary Grant, who really made very few truly bad movies. It's a romance, it's a comedy, it's a thriller - three genres that only someone of Alfred Hitchcock's myriad talents could pull off so well. Grant plays an ad exec who the enemy mistakes for an undercover agent; when he realizes the bad guys are after him with intent to do serious bodily harm, he of course takes off running, leaps onto a train, and meets Eva Marie Saint. Romance ensues amid continuing skullduggery. There are several unforgettable scary thriller scenes, including the chase by a plane in the middle of a cornfield and the final beauty on the face of Mt. Rushmore - and the final, final scent back on the train with EM Saint.
Top notch entertainment that never gets old.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: This movie is in excellent movie in movie history and deserves it's place among the 100 best movies of the 20th century. The script is excellent and riveting, the acting very good and Eva very sexy. See this movie if you haven't already, it's worth it.
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