North by Northwest
It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Action
- Worldwide
- $13M
Who's in it
Cast
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Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Art Direction, Color
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
North by Northwest returned 3.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $13M
- Release date
- Aug 6, 1959
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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