North by Northwest
Turkish title: Gizli Teşkilât
“It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!”
1959 · 2 h 16 min
Directed by 
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred HitchcockCast
Cary Grant 
Eva Marie Saint 
James Mason
Credits
Written by: 
Ernest Lehman
Plot
An advertising executive mistaken for a spy is pursued across the United States.
Sinekatalog’s take
An ad man is mistaken for a spy and chased across America. Hitchcock mixes wit with set pieces: the crop-duster and Mount Rushmore sequences are famous. Cary Grant is effortless.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (372,483 votes)
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