Great movie maybe the best by Hitchcock. Only the ending was too harsh IMO.

Awesome movie. Spectacular acting, great story. Highly recommended.

hitchcock follow's the formula, at least he's good at it

Mistake - An extra can be seen putting a finger in his ear in the background just before there is a big bang sound.

Master of suspense Hitchcock apparently had lots of fun directing this tongue-in-cheek spy thriller, and you'll have fun watching it. Grant accidentally becomes entangled in one of those typically sinister Hitchcockian plots which never make much sense.

One of Hitchcock's most entertaining movies suffers from some irregularity in its first hour -- I just thought that it hadn't achieved the right mood yet--, but the director knows what he is doing, and then, in the second hour, he shoots those famous and mesmerizing action scenes. The star, however, isn't Hitchcock, but Cary Grant.

From the very first frame to the last, North by Northwest will completely engross you. It contains all the masterful strokes so common with Hitchcock with a damn immaculate script and score. Cary Grant works wonders here, too. He injects fun into the picture with his light delivery and attitude, but it doesn't defuse the danger he's in.

Really enjoyed the first 30 minutes or so. I thought Hitchcock was going for a noir-ish comedy, but then it aims for a serious mystery thriller tone, with big-budget Hollywood action (at least, for 1959) thrown in. My suspension of disbelief meter was broken by that point already and throwing more implausibility into the mix didn't help matters. Great camerawork though - loved the drunk driving scene.

Woah a good movie popped up what do i do. I will say its good, the gold is in Jefferson's Nose.

Personally, my favorite parts of this film are the ones that revolve around Grants cheeky dialogue, especially the scenes with his mother.

Perhaps not as cool as it was 50 years ago, this holds up amazingly well. Having never seen the film before (I know) and refusing to know much about its twisting plot, North by Northwest kept me guessing and surprising me constantly. A rocking Herrmann score just adds to the overall greatness and Hitchock works wonders with his sharp framing and odd camera angles. It all climaxes rather beautifully atop Mt. Rushmore, too bad James Mason suddenly vanishes from the picture.

The acting is solid as I would expect, but not cream of the crop. The special effects were, expectantly, dated. The climatic fight scene hasn't aged well, but the crop duster looks glorious in HD. The story is excellently woven and intriguing. One of the few times in recent memory where I've been truly unsure about what's going to happen to who. At the risk of being a simple echo, if there's one thing Hitchcock does, it's suspense!