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North By Northwest

Cert: PG

Description: Advertising guru Roger Thornhill is the victim of mistaken identity perpetrated by the US Secret Service to protect one of its undercover operatives. Consequently, the mysterious and menacing Phillip Vandamm targets Roger and the debonair ladies man finds himself framed for a crime he did not commit, with seemingly no option but to run for his life. En route, he hooks up with the alluring Eve Kendall but her motives are far from clear.

Rating: 4 out of 5 Derek Malcolm's rating
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Dir: Alfred Hitchcock.

Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis

Country: US.

Year: 1959.

Duration: 136mins