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North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The original screenplay written by Ernest Lehman was intended to be the basis for "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures".
Strangers on a Train: 1951 0:02:22 On the cover of the book Farley Granger is reading. 0:10:34 Boarding a train with a double bass as Farley Granger gets off in his hometown. Suspicion: 1941 0:03:25 Walking a horse across the screen at the hunt meet. 0:44:58 Mailing a letter at the village postbox (long shot). The 39 Steps: 1935 0:06:56
The train also figured prominently as a setting for major scenes in both Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest and George Roy Hill's The Sting (which incorrectly had the train arrive in Chicago at night, not in the morning as it did in reality).
Once upon a time, Alfred Hitchcock had a bit of an odd idea. More of a scene, really. He had this picture in his mind’s eye of Cary Grant hiding in Abraham Lincoln’s nose on Mount Rushmore ...
Emma Rice’s U.K.-based theater company, Wise Children, has unveiled its upcoming season, headlined by a new adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1959 film “North by Northwest.” The ...
Sometimes, the modest conventions of his era caused him to convey sexuality in an emblematic fashion, such as in North by Northwest, when the film cuts abruptly from two aroused but visually chaste lovers to a train entering a tunnel. [5]
The Ghost Train: 1941: The Girl on the Train: 2016: Go West (Marx Bros.) 1940: GoldenEye: 1995: The Great K & A Train Robbery: 1926: The Great Locomotive Chase: 1956 [2] Walt Disney Pictures: The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery: 1966: The Great Train Robbery: 1903: The Greatest Show on Earth: 1952: The Grey Fox: 1982: Grifters: 1990: The ...
Mistaken identity (e.g. North by Northwest, Frenzy). The use of a staircase as a motif for impending danger or suspense. [3] Use of a MacGuffin plot device. [4] [5] Referring to crime for mystery rather than presenting it explicitly (e.g. Dial M for Murder). Train scenes (e.g. North by Northwest, The Lady Vanishes, Strangers on a Train, Shadow ...