North by Northwest It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"! Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. Details Casts Title North by Northwest Release Date 1959-07-08 Runtime 02 Hours 16 Minutes Genres Thriller Adventure Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production Countries United States of America Cary Grant Roger Thornhill Eva Marie Saint Eve Kendall James Mason Phillip Vandamm Jessie Royce Landis Clara Thornhill Leo G. Carroll Professor Josephine Hutchinson Mrs. Townsend Philip Ober Lester Townsend Martin Landau Leonard Adam Williams Valerian Edward Platt Victor Larrabee Robert Ellenstein Licht Les Tremayne Auctioneer Philip Coolidge Dr. Cross Patrick McVey Sergeant Flamm Edward Binns Captain Junket Ken Lynch Charley Nora Marlowe Anna, the Menacing House? Doreen Lang Maggie - Thornhill's Sec? John Beradino Sergeant Emile Klinger (? Ned Glass Ticket Seller (uncredite? Tol Avery State Police Detective (? Malcolm Atterbury Man at Prairie Crossing ? Maudie Prickett Hotel Maid Elsie (uncred? Bess Flowers Plaza Hotel Lounge Patro? Stanley Adams Lieutenant Harding (uncr? Andy Albin Farmer (uncredited) Ernest Anderson Porter on Twentieth Cent? Frank Wilcox Herman Weltner (uncredit? Brandon Beach Man at Auction (uncredit? Steve Carruthers Man at Auction (uncredit? Taggart Casey Shaving Man (uncredited) Bill Catching Auction Attendant (uncre? Walter Coy U.S. Intelligence Agency? Jimmy Cross Taxi Driver #1 (uncredit? Patricia Cutts Hospital Patient (uncred? Jack Daly Train Steward (uncredite? John Damler Police Lieutenant (uncre? Lawrence Dobkin U.S. Intelligence Agency? Tommy Farrell Eddie - Elevator Starter? Jesslyn Fax Train Passenger (uncredi? Adolph Faylauer Bald Bidder (uncredited) Sally Fraser Second United Nations Re? Paul Genge Lieutenant Hagerman (unc? James Gonzalez Man at Auction (uncredit? Tom Greenway Silent State Police Dete? Robert Haines Man at United Nations Bu? Stuart Hall Train Passenger (uncredi? Alfred Hitchcock Man Who Misses Bus (uncr? Stuart Holmes Hotel Lounge Patron (unc? Eugene Jackson Security Guard at Auctio? Bobby Johnson Waiter (uncredited) Kenner G. Kemp Man Leaving Office Build? Madge Kennedy Mrs. Finlay (uncredited) Colin Kenny Man at Auction (uncredit? Carl M. Leviness Man at United Nations Bu? Alexander Lockwood Judge Anson B. Flynn (un? Frank Marlowe Taxi Driver (uncredited) Baynes Barron Taxi Driver #2 (uncredit? Thomas Martin Train Passenger (uncredi? James McCallion Plaza Valet (uncredited) Maura McGiveney Attendant (uncredited) Carl Milletaire Hotel Clerk (uncredited) Hans Moebus Man at United Nations Bu? Howard Negley Conductor on Twentieth C? Monty O'Grady Man at United Nations Bu? Ralph Reed Bellhop (uncredited) John Roy Train Passenger (uncredi? Jeffrey Sayre Hotel Lounge Patron / Ma? Scott Seaton Man at Auction (uncredit? Harry Seymour Victor - Captain of Wait? Robert Shayne Larry Wade (uncredited) Jeremy Slate Policeman at Grand Centr? Olan Soule Assistant Auctioneer (un? Helen Spring Bidder (uncredited) Harvey Stephens Stockbroker (uncredited) Harry Strang Assistant Conductor (unc? Arthur Tovey Man at Auction (uncredit? Dale Van Sickel Ranger (uncredited) Lloyd Williams Minor Role (uncredited) Robert B. Williams Patrolman Waggoner (uncr? Paula Winslowe Woman at Auction (uncred? Wilson Wood Photographer at United N? Carleton Young Fanning Nelson (uncredit? Dick Johnstone Courtroom Spectator (unc? Bert Stevens Man at United Nations Bu? Cosmo Sardo Worker (uncredited) Don Anderson Worker (uncredited) Alphonso DuBois Man at United Nations Bu? Len Hendry Police Lieutenant (uncre? Anne Anderson Woman (uncredited) Rama Bai Woman at United Nations ? Finn Zirzow Worker (uncredited) Roger C. Carmel Tall Man in Crowd (uncre? Donna Douglas Woman on Sidewalk (uncre? Caryl Lincoln Auction Guest (uncredite?