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North by Northwest(1959)
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ADVENTURE
MYSTERY

A New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

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namecharacter
Edward Binns Captain Junket
Leo G. Carroll The Professor
Philip Coolidge Dr. Cross
Robert Ellenstein Licht
Cary Grant Roger O. Thornhill
Josephine Hutchinson Mrs. Townsend (Vandamm's Sister)
Martin Landau Leonard
Jessie Royce Landis Clara Thornhill
Doreen Lang Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary
Ken Lynch Charley - Chicago Policeman
James Mason Phillip Vandamm
Patrick McVey Sergeant Flamm
Philip Ober Lester Townsend
Edward Platt Victor Larrabee
Eva Marie Saint Eve Kendall
Les Tremayne Auctioneer
Adam Williams Valerian
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Herbert Coleman producer
Bernard Herrmann composer
Alfred Hitchcock director, producer
Ernest Lehman writer (original), screenplay