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North by Northwest

1959 • Not Rated • 2h 16m • Adventure, Mystery, Thriller • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!

🍅 97% 94% MC 98 LB 4.20 IMDb 8.3

Box office summary

Domestic Total
$13.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$13.5M
$103K international
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Cast & Crew

Full Hitchcock filmography
Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Director Cary Grant Cary Grant Starring James Mason James Mason Starring Martin Landau Martin Landau Starring
Written byErnest Lehman Produced byAlfred Hitchcock, Herbert Coleman CinematographyRobert Burks Music byBernard Herrmann StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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