Almost the tops

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2000)

Were it not for Rear Window, this would be the greatest of Hitchcock's films.
Perhaps I should have given this a 10/10 as I did for the James Stewart classic, but I just can't bring myself to compare it in the same class as that superb film so it gets a 9!
Cary Grant is an advertising executive who is mistaken for a spy [who is actually just a decoy anyway!] and gets chased across the country and ends up falling for the token blonde along the way.
Excellently directed and acted, the special effects scenes are without doubt ahead of their time given that this was made in 1959, and there are some spectacular scenes on Mount Rushmore that really give the film some realistic credence.
James Mason and a VERY young Martin Landau also provide some superb supporting roles to the excellent Grant. A must see.