"Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring."

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2017)

NORTH BY NORTHWEST is an adventurous spy thriller that impresses with an exciting story, delicious romance, excellent dialogue, rich characterization and fresh humor. One successful, suave, married and divorced expert on advertising is accidentally involved into an international spy network of intrigue and conspiracy. He has been replaced for an international spy. His quiet life has turned upside down...
One nonchalant character is exposed to a serious spy game. He was pushed into a series of shocking and confusing situation at the beginning of the film. These situations are enriched with a large dose of a fresh humor. Hitch has presented a serious life situation or perhaps intriguing drama on a very entertaining way. The main character is not aware of the fraud. He is simply the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.
After that, Hitch has moved his protagonists to an exciting game between a search and pursuit. It is a strange game between cats and mice. An extremely rich scenery comes to the fore in these parts of the film.
There is also an eight-minute scene, which I would describe as a masterpiece of cinema. The scene representing expectation through fear of the unknown, tension and excitement. It ends with the climatic action.
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill is a puppet, a charmer and a hero in this film. Mr. Grant is one of the most versatile actors of all time. It can be noticed, when he has created his own rules of the game. He is a somewhat clumsy, self-confident and foolhardy character. Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall is a seemingly fragile, mysterious and dangerous woman. Her character reminds of heroines from James Bond films. The chemistry between the main protagonists is quite good. Their interplay and romantic dialogues with sexual connotation are very favorable.
Their support are Jessie Royce Landis (Clara Thornhill) as a silly Roger's mother, James Mason (Phillip Vandamm) as a smooth villain, Martin Landau (Leonard), who has a homosexual trait in his character and Leo G. Carroll (The Professor) as the voice of reason.
Mr. Hitchcock has, as a proof of his mastery, toyed with the audience and censorship at the end of the movie.
This is an exciting and very entertaining movie.