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Movie
North by Northwest
Released: August 6, 1959 (1959)
Runtime: 136 minutes
Genres: Thriller, Adventure
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Leo G. Carroll as Professor
Age at release: 72
- Jessie Royce Landis as Clara Thornhill
Age at release: 62
- Philip Ober as Lester Townsend
Age at release: 57
- Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill
Age at release: 55
- Josephine Hutchinson as Mrs. Townsend
Age at release: 55
- James Mason as Phillip Vandamm
Age at release: 50
- Edward Platt as Victor Larrabee
Age at release: 43
- Adam Williams as Valerian
Age at release: 36
- Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall
Age at release: 35
- Martin Landau as Leonard
Age at release: 31
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- Brandon Beach as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Age at release: 79
- Bess Flowers as Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: 60
- Ned Glass as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
- Malcolm Atterbury as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
- Frank Wilcox as Herman Weltner (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
- Andy Albin as Farmer (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
- Philip Coolidge as Dr. Cross
Age at release: 50
- Patrick McVey as Sergeant Flamm
Age at release: 49
- Ken Lynch as Charley
Age at release: 49
- Les Tremayne as Auctioneer
Age at release: 46
- Doreen Lang as Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Maudie Prickett as Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Stanley Adams as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Nora Marlowe as Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
- Tol Avery as State Police Detective (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
- Ernest Anderson as Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
- Edward Binns as Captain Junket
Age at release: 42
- John Beradino as Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Robert Ellenstein as Licht
Age at release: 36
- Steve Carruthers as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown