---
title: 'North by Northwest (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 136
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/north-by-northwest-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# North by Northwest (1959)

1959 · 136 min · Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

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".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Producer:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-lehman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Burks](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burks)
- **Editor:** [George Tomasini](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-tomasini)

## Cast

- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Frank Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marlowe)
- [Robert Shayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shayne)
- [Philip Ober](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ober)
- [Martin Landau](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-landau)
- [Jeremy Slate](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-slate)
- [Ned Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-glass)
- [Jessie Royce Landis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-royce-landis)
- [Leo G. Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-g-carroll)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Carleton Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/carleton-young)
- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- [Eva Marie Saint](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-marie-saint) as Eve Kendall
- [Edward Platt](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-platt)
- [Frank Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wilcox)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/north-by-northwest-1959
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