Alfred Hitchcock's suspense masterpiece, North by Northwest, returns to the big screen for its 65th anniversary via Fandango & TCM on May 19 & 22 (hosted by the ever informative Ben Mankiewicz).
North by Northwest is the tale of a Madison Avenue businessman, Cary Grant's Roger Thornill, who becomes embroiled in a matter of misconstrued identity that leaves him on the frenetic lam, with tension and twists building until the bitter and breathtaking, Mount Rushmore end.
Grant is joined by Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis, Josephine Hutchinson, Edward Platt, John Beradino, Les Tremayne, Philip Coolidge and Malcolm Atterbury, who inject the ominous proceedings with an aesthetic consistency that pleases the eye and accelerates the heart. (Bernard Herrmann's pulse-pounding score braces every tense step of their absorbing exchanges.)
North by Northwest, which was penned by the incomparable Ernest (Family Plot/Black Sunday 1977) Lehman, acts as a precursor to AMC's Madmen (in its officious look and feel), while predating the exotic zeal of cinematic 007 by only a few years.
To see this one again on the big screen will be a major treat. Be certain to check local listings for times and theater locations.
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