North by Northwest (1959) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Cast

• Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill
• Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall
• James Mason as Phillip Vandamm
• Jessie Royce Landis as Clara Thornhill
• Leo G. Carroll as Professor
• Josephine Hutchinson as Mrs. Townsend
• Philip Ober as Lester Townsend
• Martin Landau as Leonard
• Adam Williams as Valerian
• Edward Platt as Victor Larrabee
• Robert Ellenstein as Licht
• Les Tremayne as Auctioneer
• Philip Coolidge as Dr. Cross
• Patrick McVey as Sergeant Flamm
• Edward Binns as Captain Junket
• Ken Lynch as Charley
• Nora Marlowe as Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
• Doreen Lang as Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)
• John Beradino as Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)
• Ned Glass as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
• Tol Avery as State Police Detective (uncredited)
• Malcolm Atterbury as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
• Maudie Prickett as Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
• Stanley Adams as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
• Andy Albin as Farmer (uncredited)
• Ernest Anderson as Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)
• Frank Wilcox as Herman Weltner (uncredited)
• Brandon Beach as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Steve Carruthers as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Taggart Casey as Shaving Man (uncredited)
• Bill Catching as Auction Attendant (uncredited)
• Walter Coy as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
• Jimmy Cross as Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)
• Patricia Cutts as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
• Jack Daly as Train Steward (uncredited)
• John Damler as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Lawrence Dobkin as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
• Tommy Farrell as Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)
• Jesslyn Fax as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Crew

• Robert Burks — Director of Photography
• Bernard Herrmann — Original Music Composer
• Alfred Hitchcock — Director
• Alfred Hitchcock — Producer
• Ernest Lehman — Writer

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