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North by NorthwestFollow

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
$13.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$13.50M
$103K international
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Cast & crew

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Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Director Cary Grant Cary Grant Starring James Mason James Mason Starring Leo G. Carroll Leo G. Carroll Starring Martin Landau Martin Landau Starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Written byErnest Lehman Produced byAlfred Hitchcock, Herbert Coleman CinematographyRobert Burks Music byBernard Herrmann StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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