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North by Northwest

1959 · TMDB 8.0

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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A Madison Avenue adman is mistaken for a government agent and must play the part to survive, in Hitchcock's ultimate wrong-man thriller.

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Runtime
137 min
Released
1959-08-06
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB score
8.0
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