NORTH BY NORTHWEST

Year: 1959
UK: BFI Distribution
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Edward Platt, Robert Ellenstein, Les Tremayne, Philip Coolidge, Patrick McVey, Edward Binns
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Country: USA
UK: 131 mins
UK Certificate: PG contains mild violence and sex references
UK Release Date: 19 June 2009 (Limited Re-release)
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Synopsis

After being paged announcement in a hotel lobby, New York advertising man Roger O Thornhill (Cary Grant) finds himself the victim of a catastrophic case of mistaken identity and is propelled headlong into a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Abruptly leaving town, first for Chicago then on to South Dakota, constantly pursued, he finds his only protection from his pursuers is provided by the evocatively named Eve (Eva Marie Saint). Ultimately Thornhill is not only faced with the task of clearing his name, but the rapidly deteriorating situation he's in means he has to stay one step ahead and fight to stay alive.