North by Northwest: Quick Facts

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Cary Grant as Roger O. Thornhill in North by Northwest runs in a suit across a barren field while a crop duster airplane swoops low behind him.

Cary Grant as Roger O. Thornhill and Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall embrace atop Mount Rushmore in the climactic scene from North by Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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