Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Direction
Hitchcock's precision — every frame a diagram of anxiety.
Cinematography
VistaVision landscapes that make terror look gorgeous.
Acting
Grant's gray suit does more acting than most careers.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
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
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