Friday, July 17, 2020

On This Day...North By Northwest (1959)

North By Northwest was Cary Grant's 66th full length feature film and for me the best!


Cary Grant plays a business executive, Roger Thornhill, who is mistaken for a secret agent and kidnapped. 

And what more can I say ...action and thrills from the UN Plaza, Grand Central Station, Mount Rushmore and crop dusters.

Production picture.

This film has everything!! From the opening titles by Saul Bass and Bernard Herrmann's score to the film's final scene on Mount Rushmore.


So hopefully the selection of pictures will convey what my words can not!!

With Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall.

With Adam Williams and Robert Ellenstein.


"Cary Grant performs with the polish that movie-goers have for long come to expect of him." - Look Magazine

With Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Ellenstien and Adam Williams.

"If it does nothing else (but it does, it does), North By Northwest resoundingly reaffirms the fact the Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock are two of the very slickest operators before and behind the cameras. Together they can be unbeatable." - Newsweek

With James Mason, Eva Marie Saint and Martin Landau.

With Philip Ober.

"Mr. Lehman not only provided Hitchcock with exactly the right kind of story to take advantage of his skills, but he has written that rare thing these days - a screen original." - Saturday Review


On Location.

With the crop duster....classic scene!


The scene was a combination of on-set back projections and on location shots. 



With Leo G. Carroll

Mount Rushmore: On set.



Grand Central Station: Behind the scenes.


Final destination:



With Eva Marie Saint.


Cast:

Roger Thornhill                    Cary Grant
Eve Kendall                          Eva Marie Saint
Philip Vandamm                   James Mason
Clara Thornhill                     Jessie Royce Landis
Professor                              Leo G. Carroll
Lester Townsend                  Philip Ober
Handsome Woman                Josephine Hutchinson
Leonard                                Martin Landau
Valerain                                Adam Williams
Victor Larrabee                     Edward Platt
Licht                                     Robert Ellenstein
Auctioneer                            Les Tremayne
Dr. Cross                               Philip Coolidge
Chicago Policeman                Patrick McVey
Capt. Junket                         Edward Binns
Chicago Policeman                Ken Lynch


Behind the scenes with James Mason and Eva Marie Saint.


Publicity shot with Eva Marie Saint.

With Eva Marie Saint, Alfred Hitchcock and James Mason.


Lobby Cards:


Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Running time: 136 minutes.



And finally...check out my other North By Northwest related posts, "My Favourite Film of the 1950's", "He's a Well Tailored One, Isn't He, by clicking on the labels below!

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