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North by Northwest

1959
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Hotels, Rapid City (SD), Espionage, United Nations, Chicago (IL), New York City, Attempted murder, Microfilm, Police, Drunkenness

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Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
Editor: George Tomasini
Production Designers: Robert Boyle, William A. Horning, Merrill Pye
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) marked Alfred Hitchcock’s first film at M-G-M and Eva Marie Saint’s most glamorous screen role. Hitchcock never elaborated on the source of the film’s enigmatic title but denied it was a reference to Shakespeare’s Hamlet… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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