North by Northwest

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adventure film film spy film thriller film

North by Northwest is a classic 1959 Alfred Hitchcock thriller film known for its suspenseful mistaken-identity plot and iconic set pieces, including the crop-duster attack and Mount Rushmore climax.

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"North by Northwest" 1
Leonard in "North by Northwest" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure film ⓘ
film ⓘ
spy film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
artDirector Robert F. Boyle ⓘ
aspectRatio 1.85:1 ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert Burks ⓘ
colorProcess VistaVision ⓘ
costumeDesigner Edith Head ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
distributedInFormat 35 mm film ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy George Tomasini ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasIconicScene Mount Rushmore climax ⓘ
crop-duster attack sequence ⓘ
hasTheme Cold War espionage ⓘ
identity ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
mainCharacter Roger Thornhill ⓘ
musicBy Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
narrativeLocation United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
notableFor influence on later spy thrillers ⓘ
use of landmark locations ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement cross-country chase ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
portraysCharacter Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill ⓘ
Eva Marie Saint ⓘ
surface form: Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall

James Mason as Phillip Vandamm ⓘ
Martin Landau as Leonard ⓘ
producer Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 136 ⓘ
screenwriter Ernest Lehman ⓘ
setInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
setInLocation City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Mount Rushmore

New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring Cary Grant ⓘ
Eva Marie Saint NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Mason ⓘ
Martin Landau ⓘ

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Plaza Hotel → appearsIn → North by Northwest ⓘ
Alfred Hitchcock → directed → North by Northwest ⓘ
Alfred Hitchcock → notableWork → North by Northwest ⓘ
Cary Grant → notableWork → North by Northwest ⓘ
Martin Landau → notableWork → North by Northwest ⓘ
this entity surface form: "North by Northwest"
Martin Landau → role → North by Northwest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leonard in "North by Northwest"