Roger Thornhill

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Roger Thornhill is the suave, fast-talking advertising executive played by Cary Grant who is mistaken for a government agent and drawn into a cross-country espionage chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."

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Roger Thornhill canonical 2
Roger O. Thornhill 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
protagonist
alignment good
appearsIn North by Northwest
associatedWith Eve Kendall
Lester Townsend
Phillip Vandamm
The Professor
basedInUniverse North by Northwest
surface form: North by Northwest fictional universe
characterTrait fast-talking
resourceful
suave
witty
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Alfred Hitchcock
Ernest Lehman
filmDirectorOfWork Alfred Hitchcock
firstAppearance film North by Northwest
gender male
genreOfWorkAppearedIn adventure film
spy film
thriller film
hasRomanticInterest Eve Kendall
involvedIn espionage chase
mistaken identity case
isMistakenFor George Kaplan
isTargetOf foreign spies
languageSpoken English
medium live-action film
narrativeRole everyman hero
wrong man
notableFor being a classic Hitchcock "wrong man" hero
elegant wardrobe
witty dialogue
notableScene Mount Rushmore climax
crop-duster attack sequence
occupation advertising executive
partOf North by Northwest cast of characters
portrayedBy Cary Grant
screenwriterOfWork Ernest Lehman
setInWork United States of America
surface form: United States
travelsTo Chicago
Mount Rushmore (mountain)
surface form: Mount Rushmore

South Dakota
wears gray suit
yearOfFirstAppearance 1959

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North by Northwest mainCharacter Roger Thornhill
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill characterName Roger Thornhill
this entity surface form: Roger O. Thornhill