One of the All Time Greats!

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2006)

"North By Northwest" is one of my all times favorites. It has romance, international intrigue, and comedy. It has a little something for everybody.
This is a story of a mild mannered advertising executive who is mistaken for an international spy. Cary Grant is suave, sophisticated, and hilarious as this fish out of water who is thrown into a web of double agents, spies, and a seductive blonde.
In one of the all time great scenes, he is waiting at a bus stop when another traveler remarks that "that plane is dusting crops where there ain't no crops." The scene starts so quietly but ends with a big bang.
I saw this film in the theater with a faded old print that did not do it justice. I had the VHS tape which had been cleaned up, but the colors were real dull. The DVD has restored the colors and improved the sound.
If you haven't seen "North By Northwest" yet, don't bother to rent it. You should by a copy because it is a film you will want to see again and again. It is fun, sexy, and exciting! This is why we go to the movies.