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North by Northwest (1959)

Language: English.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Cast
  • Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill
  • Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall
  • James Mason as Phillip Vandamm
  • Jessie Royce Landis as Clara Thornhill
  • Leo G. Carroll as Professor
  • Josephine Hutchinson as Mrs. Townsend
  • Philip Ober as Lester Townsend
  • Martin Landau as Leonard
  • Adam Williams as Valerian
  • Edward Platt as Victor Larrabee
  • Robert Ellenstein as Licht
  • Les Tremayne as Auctioneer
  • Philip Coolidge as Dr. Cross
  • Patrick McVey as Sergeant Flamm
  • Edward Binns as Captain Junket
  • Ken Lynch as Charley
  • Nora Marlowe as Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
  • Doreen Lang as Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)
  • John Beradino as Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)
  • Ned Glass as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
  • Tol Avery as State Police Detective (uncredited)
  • Malcolm Atterbury as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
  • Maudie Prickett as Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited)
  • Bess Flowers as Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
  • Stanley Adams as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
  • Andy Albin as Farmer (uncredited)
  • Ernest Anderson as Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)
  • Frank Wilcox as Herman Weltner (uncredited)
  • Brandon Beach as Man at Auction (uncredited)
  • Steve Carruthers as Man at Auction (uncredited)
  • Taggart Casey as Shaving Man (uncredited)
  • Bill Catching as Auction Attendant (uncredited)
  • Walter Coy as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
  • Jimmy Cross as Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)
  • Patricia Cutts as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
  • Jack Daly as Train Steward (uncredited)
  • John Damler as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
  • Lawrence Dobkin as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
  • Tommy Farrell as Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)
  • Jesslyn Fax as Train Passenger (uncredited)
  • Adolph Faylauer as Bald Bidder (uncredited)
  • Sally Fraser as Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)
  • Paul Genge as Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited)
  • James Gonzalez as Man at Auction (uncredited)
  • Tom Greenway as Silent State Police Detective (uncredited)
  • Robert Haines as Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Stuart Hall as Train Passenger (uncredited)
  • Alfred Hitchcock as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
  • Stuart Holmes as Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
  • Eugene Jackson as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
  • Bobby Johnson as Waiter (uncredited)
  • Kenner G. Kemp as Man Leaving Office Building (uncredited)
  • Madge Kennedy as Mrs. Finlay (uncredited)
  • Colin Kenny as Man at Auction (uncredited)
  • Carl M. Leviness as Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Alexander Lockwood as Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)
  • Frank Marlowe as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
  • Baynes Barron as Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
  • Thomas Martin as Train Passenger (uncredited)
  • James McCallion as Plaza Valet (uncredited)
  • Maura McGiveney as Attendant (uncredited)
  • Carl Milletaire as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
  • Hans Moebus as Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Howard Negley as Conductor on Twentieth Century, Ltd. (uncredited)
  • Monty O'Grady as Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Ralph Reed as Bellhop (uncredited)
  • John Roy as Train Passenger (uncredited)
  • Jeffrey Sayre as Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited)
  • Scott Seaton as Man at Auction (uncredited)
  • Harry Seymour as Victor - Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
  • Robert Shayne as Larry Wade (uncredited)
  • Jeremy Slate as Policeman at Grand Central Station (uncredited)
  • Olan Soule as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
  • Helen Spring as Bidder (uncredited)
  • Harvey Stephens as Stockbroker (uncredited)
  • Harry Strang as Assistant Conductor (uncredited)
  • Arthur Tovey as Man at Auction (uncredited)
  • Dale Van Sickel as Ranger (uncredited)
  • Lloyd Williams as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Robert B. Williams as Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited)
  • Paula Winslowe as Woman at Auction (uncredited)
  • Wilson Wood as Photographer at United Nations (uncredited)
  • Carleton Young as Fanning Nelson (uncredited)
  • Dick Johnstone as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  • Bert Stevens as Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Cosmo Sardo as Worker (uncredited)
  • Don Anderson as Worker (uncredited)
  • Alphonso DuBois as Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Len Hendry as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
  • Anne Anderson as Woman (uncredited)
  • Rama Bai as Woman at United Nations Building (uncredited)
  • Finn Zirzow as Worker (uncredited)
  • Roger C. Carmel as Tall Man in Crowd (uncredited)
  • Donna Douglas as Woman on Sidewalk (uncredited)
  • Caryl Lincoln as Auction Guest (uncredited)
Crew
  • Robert Burks — Director of Photography
  • Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer
  • Alfred Hitchcock — Director
  • Robert F. Boyle — Production Design
  • Alfred Hitchcock — Producer
  • George Tomasini — Editor
  • William A. Horning — Art Direction
  • Lee LeBlanc — Special Effects
  • Merrill Pye — Art Direction
  • A. Arnold Gillespie — Special Effects
  • Franklin Milton — Recording Supervision
  • Sydney Guilaroff — Hairstylist
  • Frank R. McKelvy — Set Decoration
  • William Tuttle — Makeup Artist
  • Henry Grace — Set Decoration
  • Ernest Lehman — Writer
  • Saul Bass — Title Designer
  • Robert Saunders — Assistant Director
  • Herbert Coleman — Associate Producer