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North by Northwest (1959) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 8, 1959

Original Title:
North by Northwest

Alternate Titles:
Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest
De Man Die Verdwijnen Moest
De dood op de hielen
Der unsichtbare Dritte
Med hjertet i halsen
Na sever severozápadnou dráhou
Észak, északnyugat

Genres:
Adventure | Thriller

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: PG  BR: 14  CA: PG  CZ: U  DE: 12  ES: A  FI: K-16  FR: TP  GB: PG  GR: 13  IE: PG  JP: G  KR: 12  NL: 6  PT: M/12  SE: 15 

Runtime: 136

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

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

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American Film Institute (AFI)
1998
#40 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES
100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time
2001
#4 		100 Years: 100 THRILLS
100 Most Thrilling American Films
2007
#55 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
100 Greatest American Films Of All Time
2008
#7 		Top 10: WESTERN
10 Greatest WESTERN Films of All Time

British Film Institute (BFI)
2012
#53		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

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Production

Art Direction:
William A. Horning
Merrill Pye

Assistant Director:
Robert Saunders

Associate Producer:
Herbert Coleman

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock

Director of Photography:
Robert Burks

Editor:
George Tomasini

Hairstylist:
Sydney Guilaroff

Makeup Artist:
William Tuttle

Original Music Composer:
Bernard Herrmann

Producer:
Alfred Hitchcock

Production Design:
Robert F. Boyle

Recording Supervision:
Franklin Milton

Set Decoration:
Frank R. McKelvy
Henry Grace

Special Effects:
Lee LeBlanc
A. Arnold Gillespie

Title Designer:
Saul Bass

Writer:
Ernest Lehman

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