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North by Northwest (1959)

★ 8.0 · 4,493 ratings on TMDB

It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!

North by Northwest poster★ 8.0

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

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
CastAdam Williams, Cary Grant, Edward Platt, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
GenresAdventure, Thriller
The emergence reading

North by Northwest keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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