Directed by:
Alfred HitchcockScreenplay:
Ernest LehmanCinematography:
Robert BurksComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Les Tremayne (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police and get an evil crime syndicate, looking for a lost microfilm, off his tail. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Cary Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267996_646813.jpg)
Cary Grant
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Charade (1963)
Holiday (1938)
![Eva Marie Saint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/363/164363780_252a70.jpg)
Eva Marie Saint
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
North by Northwest (1959)
Grand Prix (1966)
![James Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/211/164211043_7f296e.jpg)
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Jessie Royce Landis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763639_b17529.jpg)
Jessie Royce Landis
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
North by Northwest (1959)
Goodbye Again (1961)
![Leo G. Carroll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/534/164534305_3b7044.jpg)
Leo G. Carroll
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
North by Northwest (1959)
Captains Courageous (1937)
![Josephine Hutchinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677229_bafad9.jpg)
Josephine Hutchinson
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
![Philip Ober](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247404_081cf8.jpg)
Philip Ober
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
![Martin Landau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420284_a6c758.png)
Martin Landau
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
![Adam Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948872_269302.jpg)
Adam Williams
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Lonely Man (1957)
![Les Tremayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792697_30fc4a.jpg)
Les Tremayne
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Goldfinger (1964)
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
![Robert Ellenstein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000238_d603b9.gif)
Robert Ellenstein
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Lawrence Dobkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792665_da0ba1.jpg)
Lawrence Dobkin
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Philip Coolidge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674158_9c7656.jpg)
Philip Coolidge
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Bon Voyage! (1962)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Alfred Hitchcock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269628_ef7b52.jpg)
Alfred Hitchcock
UK
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Rear Window (1954)
North by Northwest (1959)
Jimmy Cross
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
![Jeremy Slate](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405103_6dd1b9.jpg)
Jeremy Slate
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
True Grit (1969)
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
![Patricia Cutts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160047_44c55f.jpg)
Patricia Cutts
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
The Tingler (1959)
![Edward Binns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256254_26bc5f.jpg)
Edward Binns
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Edward Platt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779811_4c794d.jpg)
Edward Platt
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)