North by Northwest · Sense

Thriller 1959 2h 17m

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North by Northwest

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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DIRECTOR

Alfred Hitchcock

WRITER

Ernest Lehman

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Robert Burks

EDITOR

George Tomasini

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Bernard Herrmann

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Robert F. Boyle

PRODUCER

Alfred Hitchcock

ART DIRECTION

Merrill Pye
William A. Horning

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Robert Saunders

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Herbert Coleman

COLOR ASSISTANT

Charles K. Hagedon

HAIRSTYLIST

Sydney Guilaroff

MAKEUP ARTIST

William Tuttle

RECORDING SUPERVISION

Franklin Milton

SET DECORATION

Frank R. McKelvy
Henry Grace

SPECIAL EFFECTS

A. Arnold Gillespie
Lee LeBlanc

TITLE DESIGNER

Saul Bass

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North by Northwest
Released 1959
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Title page #213

Academy Awards

1960Nominee: Best Art Direction, Color
Nominee: Best Film Editing
Nominee: Best Writing, Original Screenplay

National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films

1959Winner: National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films

Venice Film Festival

1959Festival screening