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Man-woman relationships Illinois Chicago Drama.
DVD-Video discs for the hearing impaired.
Action and adventure films
Widescreen. Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive for an American spy.
North by northwest 50th anniversary edition
Thriller
Alfred Hitchcock's north by northwest
North By Northwest
Japanese language films
Alfred Hitchcock The essential collection
North by Northwest [video]
A New York advertising executive is kidnapped by a gang of spies, who believe he is CIA agent accused of murder.
Interviews
一名被誤為間諜的商人,要如何逃脫敵人的追殺呢
Alfred Hitchock's North by Northwest
Mystery films
Documentaire de tournage (Descripteur de forme)
Feature film from the USA. Thriller. A successful advertising executive is plunged into a world of crime and intrigue.
A successful Madison Avenue advertising executive is a victim of a bizarre series of events that plunge him deep into a world of crime and intrigue, where, mistaken for a spy, he is hunted down by police and spies alike. Matters are further complicated when he meets Eve Kendall, a mysterious, enticing and highly provocative blonde who manages to further jeopardise his life while being caught up in a whirlwind romance with him.
Includes special features preceding the video: Behind-the -scenes documentary "Destination Hitchcock: the making of North by northwest," hosted by Eva Marie Saint, featuring Martin Landau, Ernest Lehman, Patricia Hitchcock, and others. Also includes the original theatrical trailer (41 mins.).
Cary Grant is the screen's supreme man-on-the-run in his fourth and final teaming with Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock. He plays a Manhattan adman plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in a signature set-piece, crop dusted. He also hangs for dear life from the facial features of Mount Rushmore's Presidents.
Un desafortunado ejecutivo de publicidad de Nueva York es confundido con un agente del gobierno por un grupo de espías extranjeros y es perseguido por todo el país mientras busca la manera de sobrevivir.
Exemplifies the comedy-mystery-thriller film genre created by Hitchcock. An unsuspeting American businessman is dragged into a sinister espionage plot involving a beautiful young double agent.
Yi ming bei wu wei jian die de shang ren,yao ru he tao tuo di ren de zhui sha ne.
An ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents.
Thriller (film)
Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest
Includes special features preceding the video: Behind-the -scenes documentary "Destination Hitchcock: the making of North by northwest," hosted by Eva Marie Saint, featuring Martin Landau, Ernest Lehman, Patricia Hitchcock, and others. Also includes the original theatrical trailer.
A suave Madison Avenue advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and murderer and is pursued cross-country by enemy agents, the police, and a mysterious blonde.
Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive for an American spy.
Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
DVD-Video discs
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Suspense films
Advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is lunching in a restaurant with his mother when he mistakenly answers a page for one George Kaplan. He soon finds himself on the run across the country, being pursued by enemies of the government who are convinced that he is a secret agent. He finds a friend in Eve Kendall (Eve Marie Saint), who helps conceal him during a perilous train journey, but soon discovers that she is not all she seems. Terrific locations, smart photography, feather-light performances and a gripping script, this is 1950s Hitchcock at his most confident and most manipulative.
A Manhattan advertising executive is plunged into a realm of spy and counterspy and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in another signature set piece, crop-dusted.
Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an adman mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent caught up in an exciting series of events as only Hitchcock could deliver. Includes original theatrical trailer.
A chase-thriller in which a businessman is mistaken for a spy and pursued by enemy agents.
Films for the hearing impaired
Fiction films
Roger Thornhill, is a suave adman who is mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent. Tossed in is a murder at which he's caught red-handed, and suddenly you're off on a lightning-fast 2,000 mile run as he is chased by spies, counterspies and police.
Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive for a Federal Intelligence Agent and he is chased by spies, police and counterspies.
Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper judged one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 American Films and spruced up with a new digital transfer and remixed Dolby Digital Stereo. He plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy and counterspy and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in another signature set piece, crop-dusted.
A businessman is mistaken for a spy, and enemy agents then try to kill him because he knows too much. [c.f. Halliwell's].
A suave, Madison Avenue adman is mistaken for a Federal agent by foreign spies. Falsely implicated in a murder, he flees cross-country, being hotly pursued by just about everyone. He hooks up with a mysterious woman who may or may not be trying to help him.
A businessman is mistaken for a spy, and enemy agents then try to kill him because he knows too much. A comedy-thriller.
À la suite d'une méprise, des espions croient que le directeur d'une agence de publicité appartient à une organisation de contre-espionnage. Ce malentendu entraîne Roger Thornhill, dans une série d'aventures dangereuses. Une mystérieuse femme, Eve Kendall, se porte à son aide, mais il doit aussi s'en méfier. À un certain moment, dans un champ désert, alors qu'il rencontre un présumé espion, il échappe de justesse aux rase-mottes d'un avion surfateur. Il retrouvera Eve à Rapid City au pied du mont Rushmore.
Extrait du résumé figurant sur la jaquette :Roger Thornhill est un homme d'affaires sans histoires. Jusqu'à ce qu'un mystérieux groupe d'espions ne l'enlève, le prenant pour un certain Kaplan. Dès lors, sa vie bascule...Une fois relâché, ni la police, ni sa propre mère ne croient à son histoire. Alors, pour prouver à tout le monde qu'il n'est pas fou, il se met à la recherche de ses kidnappeurs...
Spy films
This Hitchcock suspense film features adventure, romance and comedy, as the hero is chased by spies, counterspies and police.
North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock's witty chase & thriller, with Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, a deadly crop-dusting bi-plane and Mt. Rushmore.
Fiction. Policier. À la suite d'un quiproquo, un publiciste sans histoire est enlevé par un groupe d'espions. Pris pour un agent du service de contre-espionnage, un certain Kaplan, il échappe à une tentative d'assassinat. Afin de prouver à ses proches qu'il est sain d'esprit, il part à la recherche de ses kidnappeurs. Avec Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis.
A la suite d'une méprise, des espions croient que le directeur d'une agence de publicité appartient à une organisation de contre-espionnage. Ce malentendu entraîne le pauvre homme dans une série d'aventures dangereuses. Une mystérieuse femme se porte à son aide, mais il doit aussi s'en méfier. Le tout se terminera par une chasse à l'homme sensationnelle.
"Cary Grant...plays a Manhattan adman plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased, and, in a signature set piece, crop-dusted. He also hangs for dear life from the facial features of Mount Rushmore's presidents"--Container.
Mort aux trousses
À la suite d'une méprise, des espions croient que le directeur d'une agence de publicité appartient à une organisation de contre-espionnage. Ce malentendu entraîne Roger Thornhill, dans une série d'aventures dangereuses. Une mystérieuse femme, Eve Kendall, se porte à son aide, mais il doit aussi s'en méfier. À un certain moment dans un champ désert, alors qu'il rencontre un présumé espion, il échappe de justesse aux rase-mottes d'un avion surfateur. Il retrouvera Eve à Rapid City au pied du mont Rushmore...
North by Northwest Der unsichtbare Dritte
Roger Thornhill, director de una compañía de publicidad, está tomando unas copas con unos clientes en un bar, cuando es confundido con otra persona. En el momento en que pretende deshacer el equívoco es secuestrado y conducido a una lejana mansión, donde le advierten que deje de fingir y colabore con las propuestas del señor Vandam. Ante su negativa, es abandonado por sus secuestradores en un coche sin frenos y embriagado de alcohol.
Dokumenty audiowizualne
North by northwest = Północ północny zachód
North by northwest (Motion picture)
Feature
Roger Thornhill, un homme jusque là sans histoires, est pris par erreur pour un certain Kaplan et se retrouve traqué par des tueurs à la solde de Vandamme, le chef d'un réseau d'espionnage. Quant à la police, elle prend ce pauvre Roger pour l'assassin d'un homme politique. Poursuivi par gendarmes et voleurs, Thornhill doit remuer ciel et terre pour rester libre... et vivant. Son premier objectif, retrouver ce mystérieux Kaplan, le seul à pouvoir le disculper. Dans sa quête, il trouve un étrange soutien en la personne d'Eve Kendall. Mais les ennuis ne cessent pas pour autant de s'accumuler...
Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive as a Federal Intelligence Agent and he is chased by spies, police and counterspies.
A businessman is mistaken for a spy, and enemy agents then try and kill him because he knows too much. A comedy-thriller.
Features
From New York City to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive, is pursued by enemy agents who mistake him for an American agent named George Kaplan. Confounding his efforts to clear himself are Eva Kendall, a double-agent who is the mistress of Phillip Vandamm, the head enemy agent, and the Professor, who turns turns out to be the chief American agent.
Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive, mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent caught up in an exciting series of events as only Hitchcock could deliver.
An adman is mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent and finds himself on the run from a murder rap, being chased by spies, counterspies, and the police.
Północ północny zachód
Exemplifies the comedy-mystery-thriller film genre created by Hitchcock. An unsuspecting American businessman is dragged into a sinister espionage plot involving a beautiful young double agent.
A Madison Avenue ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents, and goes on the run across the United States.
Feature films
Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an adman mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent caught up in an exciting series of events as only Hitchcock could deliver.
Suspense film in which a suave Madison Avenue ad-man is mistaken for a Federal intelligence man by foreign agents. When he is falsely implicated in a murder, he flees cross-country, followed by spies, counterspies, police, and a blonde Mata Hari who apparently is aiding the agents chasing him. The film ends with a mad scramble across the giant sculpted faces of Mount Rushmore. Includes original theatrical trailer.
Suspense film in which a suave Madison Avenue ad-man is mistaken for a Federal intelligence man by foreign agents. When he is falsely implicated in a murder, he flees cross-country, followed by spies, counterspies, police, and a blonde Mata Hari who apparently is aiding the agents chasing him. The film ends with a mad scramble across the giant sculpted faces of Mount Rushmore.
From New York City to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive, is pursued by enemy agents who mistake him for an American agent named George Kaplan. Confounding his efforts to clear himself are Eva Kendall, a double-agent who is the mistress of Phillip Vandamm, the head enemy agent, and the Professor, who turns out to be the chief American agent.
North by Northwest = La mort aux trousses
A businessman is mistaken for a spy, and enemy agents then try and kill him because he knows too much. A comedy-thriller. DVD.
North by northwest
Adventure
An innocent man is accused of a crime he didn't commit. He runs from the authorities and is menaced by circumstances beyond his control.
An adman is mistaken for a federal agent and he is caught redhanded at a murder. Now he is chased by spies, counterspies and police - from the U.N. to Mount Rushmore.
Suspense film in which a suave Madison Avenue ad-man (Grant) is mistaken for a Federal intelligence man by foreign agents. When he is falsely implicated in a murder, he flees cross-country, followed by spies, counterspies, police, and a blond Mata Hari (Eva Marie Saint) who apparently is aiding the agents chasing him. The film ends with a mad scramble across the giant sculpted faces of Mount Rushmore.
Drame d'espionnage. À la suite d'une méprise, des espions croient que le directeur d'une agence de publicité appartient à une organisation de contre-espionnage. Ce malentendu entraîne le pauvre homme dans une série d'aventures dangereuses. Une mystérieuse femme se porte à son aide, mais il doit aussi s'en méfier. Le tout se terminera par une chasse à l'homme sensationnelle.
Roger O. Thornhill is a victim of mistaken identity and is forced to embark on a run for his life by train, plane and automobile.
Mystery
Cary Grant portrays an unsuspecting American businessman who becomes involved in a sinister espionage plot in this Alfred Hitchcock suspense-intrigue tale.
North by northwest Mort aux trousses
Alfred Hitchcock's North by northwest
Drame d'espionnage. Roger Thornhill, un homme d'affaires new yorkais est pris par le chef d'un réseau d'espionnage pour l'agent secret devant lui remettre des documents. Cette méprise l'entraîne dans une série d'aventures dangereuses. Roger est aidé dans sa fuite par une femme mystérieuse dont il doit aussi se méfier. Avec Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis.
From New York City to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive, is pursued by enemy agents who mistake him for an American agent named George Kaplan. Confounding his efforts to clear himself are Eva Kendall, a double-agent who is the mistress of Phillip Vandamm, the head enemy agent, and the Professor, who turns turns out to be the chief American agent. This version includes original theatrical trailer.
Detective and mystery films
Suspense film in which a suave Madison Avenue ad executive is mistaken for a Federal intelligence man by foreign agents. When he is falsely implicated in a murder, he flees cross-country, followed by spies, counterspies, police, and a blonde Mata Hari who apparently is aiding the agents chasing him. The film ends with a mad scramble across the giant sculpted faces of Mount Rushmore.
Advertising executive Roger O.Thornhill is mistaken for "George Kaplan" and is chased across America both by spies (who think he is a double agent) and the police (who think he is an assassin).
Alfred Hitchcock's
A chase thriller in which a businessman is mistaken for a spy.
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. Special features include Cary Grant: A Class Apart; The Making of North by Northwest; The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style; North by Northwest: One for the Ages; and more.
A case of mistaken identity puts Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) on the run. From the UN to Mt. Rushmore, Hitchcock uses terror, humor, action and romance and Eva Marie Saint as Thornhill's untrustworthy ally - to get to the breathtaking climax.
An advertising executive is kidnapped by an espionage organization, which mistakes him for a mythical agent invented by the CIA to run the gang into a trap.
Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.
A suave adman mistaken for a secret agent and murderer, a beautiful female spy, two ice-cold villains, and a harrowing chase across Mt. Rushmore highlight this Hitchcock thriller.
North by northwest [Film] = Północ, północny zachód
Quintesential Hitchcock comedy-thriller with ad-man Cary Grant chased cross country by both spies and the police. Also starring Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Leo G. Carroll.
Roger O. Thornhill is a victim of mistaken identity and is forced to embark on a run for his life by train, place and automobile.
Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an adman mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent trailing a group of ruthless spies.
Suspense film in which a Madison Avenue ad-man is mistaken for a Federal intelligence man by foreign agents. When he is falsely implicated in a murder, he flees cross-country, followed by spies, counterspies, police and a blonde woman.
North by Northwest La mort aux trousses
A New York advertising executive is kidnapped by a gang of spies, who believe he is a CIA agent accused of murder.
Destination Hitchcock : the making of North by Northwest
Cary Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an adman mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent caught up in an exciting series of events as only Hitchcock could deliver.
Mort au trousses
Spy films and programs
French language materials
North by northwest = Intriga internacional
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
A "Man-about-Manhattan" who gets taken for a US intelligence officer, is hunted by a gang of foreign agents.
Drama
A busy advertising executive becomes involved in a case of international espionage when he is mistaken for a spy.
Film fabularny
Romance
"Roger Thornhill is not a spy. And he's certainly no murderer. Nevertheless, Thornhill's a wanted man: enemy agents want him dead, the police want him arrested, and a cool, mysterious blonde just plain wants him. A victim of mistaken identity ... relentlessly pursued by plane, train and automobile." [box cover note].
Romance films
Víctimas de secuestro Estados Unidos Drama.
North by Northwest (Film cinématographique)
Malicious accusation Illinois Chicago Drama.
National Film Board Collection (Library of Congress)
Mistaken identity Illinois Chicago Drama.
Advertising executives New York (State) New York Drama.
Hombre-Mujer Relaciones interpersonales Drama.
Kidnapping victims New York (State) New York Drama.