North by Northwest is a classic 1959 American thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, the film follows the story of a Manhattan advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent and is pursued across the United States by foreign spies. With its iconic scenes, witty dialogue
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North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The original screenplay written by Ernest Lehman was intended to be the basis for "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures".