North by Northwest (1959)

2h 16min | Mystery, Thriller | Jul 8, 1959 | Released

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Herbert Coleman

Writer(s): Ernest Lehman

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Cast (90 Members)

Stanley Adams

Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)

James Mason

Phillip Vandamm

Carleton Young

Fanning Nelson (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)

Roger O. Thornhill

Eve Kendall

Clara Thornhill

Leonard

The Professor

Vandamm's Sister aka Mrs. Townsend

Lester Townsend

Valerian

Victor Larrabee

Licht

Auctioneer

Dr. Cross

Sergeant Flamm

Captain Junket

Charley - Chicago Policeman

Doreen Lang

Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary

Alexander Lockwood

Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)

Lawrence Dobkin

U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

Madge Kennedy

Mrs. Finlay (uncredited)

Ned Glass

Ticket seller

Walter Coy

U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

Dale van Sickel

Ranger (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Herman Weitner (uncredited)

Robert Shayne

Larry Wade (uncredited)

John Damler

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jeremy Slate

Policeman at Grand Central Station (uncredited)

Jesslyn Fax

Minor Role (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Conductor on Twentieth Century, Ltd. (uncredited)

Eugene Jackson

Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)

Baynes Barron

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

James McCallion

Plaza Valet (uncredited)

Patricia Cutts

Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Bobby Johnson

Waiter (uncredited)

Sally Fraser

Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)

Ernest Anderson

Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)

Harvey Stephens

Stockbroker (uncredited)

Olan Soule

Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)

Carl Milletaire

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury

Man waiting for bus

Tol Avery

State Police Detective (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)

Jack Daly

Train Steward (uncredited)

Tommy Farrell

Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)

Robert Williams

Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Bald Bidder (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Plaza Hotel lounge patron

Harry Strang

Assistant Conductor (uncredited)

Wilson Wood

Photographer at United Nations (uncredited)

John Beradino

Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett

Hotel maid Elsie

Tom Greenway

Silent State Police Detective (uncredited)

Paul Genge

Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited)

Ralph Reed

Bellhop (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredi...

Steve Carruthers

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Helen Spring

Bidder (uncredited)

Taggart Casey

Shaving Man (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

Victor - Captain of Waiters (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Lloyd Williams

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Man Leaving Office Building (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Nora Marlowe

Menacing housekeeper

Maura McGiveney

Attendant (uncredited)

Andy Albin

Farmer (uncredited)

Paula Winslowe

Woman at Auction (uncredited)

Jimmy Cross

Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Bill Catching

Auction Attendant (uncredited)

Bill Catching

Shaving Man (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Robert Haines

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

John Roy

Train Passenger (uncredited)

James Gonzalez

Man at Auction (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Worker (uncredited)

Don Anderson

Worker (uncredited)

Alphonso DuBois

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Len Hendry

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Stanley Adams Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)

James Mason Phillip Vandamm

Carleton Young Fanning Nelson (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)

Cary Grant Roger O. Thornhill

Eva Marie Saint Eve Kendall

Jessie Royce Landis Clara Thornhill

Martin Landau Leonard

Leo G. Carroll The Professor

Josephine Hutchinson Vandamm's Sister aka Mrs. Townsend

Philip Ober Lester Townsend

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 - Chicago Policeman

Doreen Lang Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary

Alexander Lockwood Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)

Lawrence Dobkin U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

Madge Kennedy Mrs. Finlay (uncredited)

Ned Glass Ticket seller

Walter Coy U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

Dale van Sickel Ranger (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox Herman Weitner (uncredited)

Robert Shayne Larry Wade (uncredited)

John Damler Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jeremy Slate Policeman at Grand Central Station (uncredited)

Jesslyn Fax Minor Role (uncredited)

Howard Negley Conductor on Twentieth Century, Ltd. (uncredited)

Eugene Jackson Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)

Baynes Barron Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

James McCallion Plaza Valet (uncredited)

Patricia Cutts Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Bobby Johnson Waiter (uncredited)

Sally Fraser Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)

Ernest Anderson Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)

Harvey Stephens Stockbroker (uncredited)

Olan Soule Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)

Carl Milletaire Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury Man waiting for bus

Tol Avery State Police Detective (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)

Jack Daly Train Steward (uncredited)

Tommy Farrell Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)

Robert Williams Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited)

Colin Kenny Man at Auction (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer Bald Bidder (uncredited)

Bess Flowers Plaza Hotel lounge patron

Harry Strang Assistant Conductor (uncredited)

Wilson Wood Photographer at United Nations (uncredited)

John Beradino Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)

Stuart Hall Train Passenger (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett Hotel maid Elsie

Tom Greenway Silent State Police Detective (uncredited)

Paul Genge Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited)

Ralph Reed Bellhop (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredi...

Steve Carruthers Man at Auction (uncredited)

Helen Spring Bidder (uncredited)

Taggart Casey Shaving Man (uncredited)

Harry Seymour Victor - Captain of Waiters (uncredited)

Brandon Beach Man at Auction (uncredited)

Lloyd Williams Minor Role (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp Man Leaving Office Building (uncredited)

Bert Stevens Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey Man at Auction (uncredited)

Nora Marlowe Menacing housekeeper

Maura McGiveney Attendant (uncredited)

Andy Albin Farmer (uncredited)

Paula Winslowe Woman at Auction (uncredited)

Jimmy Cross Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Scott Seaton Man at Auction (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Bill Catching Auction Attendant (uncredited)

Bill Catching Shaving Man (uncredited)

Thomas Martin Train Passenger (uncredited)

Robert Haines Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

John Roy Train Passenger (uncredited)

James Gonzalez Man at Auction (uncredited)

Hans Moebus Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo Worker (uncredited)

Don Anderson Worker (uncredited)

Alphonso DuBois Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

Len Hendry Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Crew (36 Members)

Bernard Herrmann

Original Music Composer

Director

Author

Producer

Director of Photography

Editor

Casting

Production Design

Sound Designer

Stunt Double

Best Boy Electric

Gaffer

Special Effects

Set Decoration

Art Direction

Hairstylist

Assistant Editor

Title Graphics

Recording Supervision

Makeup Artist

Special Effects

Stunt Coordinator

Camera Operator

Color Timer

Art Direction

Camera Operator

Set Decoration

Unit Manager

Other

Assistant Director

Visual Effects

Boom Operator

Special Effects

Assistant Camera

Still Photographer

Musician

Bernard Herrmann Original Music Composer

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Ernest Lehman Author

Herbert Coleman Producer

Robert Burks Director of Photography

George Tomasini Editor

Leonard Murphy Casting

Robert F. Boyle Production Design

Van Allen James Sound Designer

Sol Gorss Stunt Double

Bud McNeil Best Boy Electric

Bill Shaw Gaffer

Lee LeBlanc Special Effects

Henry Grace Set Decoration

William A. Horning Art Direction

Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist

Edward K. Milkis Assistant Editor

Saul Bass Title Graphics

Franklin Milton Recording Supervision

William Tuttle Makeup Artist

A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects

Paul Stader Stunt Coordinator

Cliff Shirpser Camera Operator

Charles K. Hagedon Color Timer

Merrill Pye Art Direction

James V. King Camera Operator

Frank R. McKelvy Set Decoration

Ruby Rosenberg Unit Manager

Mentor Huebner Other

Mickey McCardle Assistant Director

Matthew Yuricich Visual Effects

Tom Overton Boom Operator

Doug Hubbard Special Effects

Bobby Greene Assistant Camera

Kenny Bell Still Photographer

Sam Freed Jr. Musician

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North by Northwest (1959)

2h 16min | Mystery, Thriller | Jul 8, 1959 | Released

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