North by Northwest [Blu-ray]

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Overview

Mistaken for a spy, an advertising executive is kidnapped and escapes, only to be falsely accused of murder. While on the run, he finds romance with an icy blonde. Hitchcock's exciting -- and often funny -- film has superb suspense sequences, including an aerial crop-duster assault and a pursuit on Mount Rushmore.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/10/2012
UPC:	0883929157563
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	2:16:00
Sales rank:	11,717

Special Features

Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman; 2009 documentary reveals the Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style; Acclaimed feature-length career profile Cary Grant: A Class Apart; Explore in depth the movie's innovations and influences in North by Northwest: One For the Ages; Vintage 2000 documentary destination Hitchcock: the Making of North by Northwest; Music-only audio track; Stills gallery; Theatrical trailers; TV spot

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Cary Grant	Roger Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint	Eve Kendall
James Mason	Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce Landis	Clara Thornhill,Clara Thornhill
Philip Ober	Lester Townsend
Martin Landau	Leonard
Adam Williams	Valerian,Patrolman Waggonner at Glen Cove
Edward Platt	Victor Larrabee
Leo G. Carroll	The professor
Robert Ellenstein	Licht
Les Tremayne	The auctioneer
Philip Coolidge	Dr. Cross
Pat McVey	Chicago Policeman,Chicago Policeman
Ken Lynch	Chicago Policeman
Josephine Hutchinson	Pretty woman
Edward Binns	Capt. Junket,Actor
John Beradino	Sgt. Emile Klinger
Nora Marlowe	Anna,Dakota Cab Driver
Doreen Land	Maggie
Alexander Lockwood	Judge Anson B. Flynn
Stanley Adams	Lt. Harding
Lawrence Dobkin	Cartoonist
Harvey Stephens	Stock Broker
Walter Coy	Reporter
Madge Kennedy	Housekeeper
Tommy Farrell	Elevator Starter
Jimmy Cross	Taxi Driver
Baynes Barron	Taxi Driver
Harry Seymour	Captain of Waiters
Frank Wilcox	Weltner
Robert Shayne	Larry Wade
Carleton Young	Fanning Nelson
Ralph Reed	Bellboy
Paul Genge	Lt. Hagerman
Maudie Prickett	Elsie the Maid
James McCallion	Valet
Sally Fraser	Girl Attendant
Maura McGiveney	Girl Attendant
Susan Whitney	Girl Attendant
Doris Singh	Indian Girl
Ned Glass	Ticket Agent
Howard Negley	Conductor
Jesslyn Fax	Woman
Jack Daly	Steward
Tol Avery	Detective
Tom Greenway	Detective
Ernest Anderson	Porter,Actor,Worker
Malcolm Atterbury	Man on Road
Andy Albin	Farmer
Carl Milletaire	Clerk
John Damler	Police Lieutenant
Len Hendry	Police Lieutenant
Sara Berner	Telephone Operator
Bobby Johnson	Waiter
Taggart Casey	Man with Razor
Bill Catching	Attendant
Dale Van Sickel	Ranger
Harry Strang	Assistant Conductor
Alfred Hitchcock	Man Who Misses Bus
Olan Soule	Assistant Auctioneer
Patricia Cutts	Bit
Lucille Curtis	Actor
Sid Kane	Actor
Hugh Pryor	Actor
Charles Postal	Actor
Stephen Bolster	Man with Camera
Bob Coen	Cropduster Pilot
Adolph Faylauer	Bald Bidder
Josephine Forsberg	Friendly Passenger
Frank Baker	Man at Auction
John Alban	Auction Guest
John Albright	Auction Guest
Sam Bagley	Courtroom Spectator
Rama Bai	Woman at United Nations Building
Doreen Lang	Maggie
Helen Spring	Bidder
Bernard Herrmann	Composer

Technical Credits

Ernest Lehman

Ernest Lehman	Screenwriter
Alfred Hitchcock	Producer
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects
Lee LeBlanc	Special Effects
Cliff Shirpser	Special Effects
Franklin Milton	Sound Effects
Tom Hadley	Sound Effects
Van Allen James	Sound Effects
Bert Mott	Sound Effects
Tom Overton	Sound Effects
Herbert Coleman	Producer
Ray Austin	Stunts
Franklin E. Milton	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Who can forget Cary Grant running through a cornfield, menaced from above by a low-flying crop duster? Or Grant and Eva Marie Saint clinging to the stone faces of Mount Rushmore in an attempt to elude a nefarious spy played with suave perfection by the great James Mason? Two of the most visually inventive action scenes ever filmed, they are among the many pleasures to found in North by Northwest one of Hitchcock's very best films. Grant is Roger Thornhill, a New York adman who sets off a chain of exquisitely convoluted and sinister events when he is mistaken for an undercover agent; Saint brings a soulfulness to her role as the elegant, mysterious blonde who wins his heart. Here the master of suspense blends his signature ingredients -- edge-of-the-seat thrills, comedy, and sophisticated romance -- into a sparkling cinematic cocktail that has been much imitated but never matched.