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.
ThrillerAdventurenew york cityassassinationundercover agentespionagespycold warmistaken identitydeceptionromancefugitiveon the runadvertising
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Character
Classical in form, plot-driven, resolved and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Cary GrantRoger Thornhill
- Eva Marie SaintEve Kendall
- James MasonPhillip Vandamm
- Jessie Royce LandisClara Thornhill
- Leo G. CarrollProfessor
- Josephine HutchinsonMrs. Townsend
- Philip OberLester Townsend
- Martin LandauLeonard
- Adam WilliamsValerian
- Edward PlattVictor Larrabee
Crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Ernest LehmanWriter
- Robert BurksDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- George TomasiniEditor
- Alfred HitchcockProducer
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