6.9
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Robert Cummings
Barry Kane
Priscilla Lane
Pat Martin
Otto Kruger
Charles Tobin
Alan Baxter
Freeman
Clem Bevans
Neilson
Norman Lloyd
Frank Fry
Alma Kruger
Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
Vaughan Glaser
Mr. Miller
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Mason
Ian Wolfe
Robert
Frances Carson
Society Woman
Murray Alper
Truck Driver
Kathryn Adams
Young Mother
Pedro de Cordoba
Bones - Circus Troupe
Billy Curtis
Midget - Circus Troupe
Marie Le Deaux
Fat Woman - Circus Troupe
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Esmeralda the Bearded Lady
Jeanne Romer
Siamese Twin
Laura Mason
Siamese Twin
Oliver Blake
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
George - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Party Guest (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hans Conried
Edward (uncredited)
Tony Randall
Cameraman (uncredited)
Will Wright
J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Second Sheriff (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hardie Albright
Detective (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Navy Officer at Ship Launching (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Dignitary at Ship Launching (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Navy Officer at Ship Launching (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Farmer (uncredited)
Don Cadell
FBI Man (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Detective Outside Movie Theater (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Man in Movie Audience (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mary Curtis
Midget (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Admiral (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Norma Drury
Refugee Mother (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
John Eldredge
Footman (uncredited)
Paul Everton
Party Guest (uncredited)
James Flavin
Motorcycle Cop (voice) (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Driver for Saboteurs (uncredited)
Ben Frommer
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Pat's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Gene Garrick
Plant Worker (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Gus Glassmire
Mr. Pearl (uncredited)
William Gould
Stranger on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Aleth Hansen
Cowhand (uncredited)
Margaret Hayes
Henry's Wife in Movie (uncredited)
Vinton Hayworth
Will - Other Man in Movie (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
FBI Chief (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Man Killed in Movie Theater (uncredited)
Rex Lease
Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
Will Lee
Rogers (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Party Guest (uncredited)
Alexander Lockwood
Marine (uncredited)
Nancy Loring
Young Mother (uncredited)
Lou Lubin
Man (uncredited)
Jimmie Lucas
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Man in Newsreel Truck (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Cowhand (uncredited)
Dick Midgley
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Belle Mitchell
Adele - Tobin's Maid (uncredited)
Margaret Moffatt
Mrs. Moore - Neighbor (uncredited)
Field Norton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gene O'Donnell
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn
Counterman at Statue of Liberty (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Plant Worker (uncredited)
Dorothy Parker
Woman in Car (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
Ruth Peterson
Society Woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Plant Security Officer (uncredited)
Paul Phillips
Driver (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Party Guest (uncredited)
Catherine Price
Party Guest (uncredited)
Louis Quince
Tourist (uncredited)
Lynne Romer
Siamese Twin (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Paul Russell
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Saboteur (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Barry's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Byron Shores
Detective (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Motorcycle Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Virgil Summers
Henchman (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Man (uncredited)
Jean Trent
Blonde Aircraft Worker (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Motorcycle Cop (voice) (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
FBI Assistant - Phone Operator (uncredited)
Claire Whitney
Wife in Movie Audience (uncredited)
Matt Willis
First Sheriff (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Barton Yarborough
First FBI Man at Mason's House (uncredited)
Duke York
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Director, Story
Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay
Dorothy Parker
Screenplay
Peter Viertel
Screenplay
Joan Harrison
September 2, 2019
8
North By Northwest's parent movie.
This is one that I actually feel deserves a higher rating on internet sites, is it fair to say that this film can be called the black & white North By Northwest? since thematically it's the same so it is something of a forerunner to that great film. Simplistic plot of innocent man on the run trying to find the real culprit after he is blamed for a fire that killed his best friend. Whilst on the run he meets an array of interesting Hitchcockian characters, from spies to circus freaks and of course the delicious lady of the piece, in this case Pricilla Lane. Enough suspense to mark it out as a film from the maestro, witness a scene as the main protagonist Barry Kane is trying to split his handcuffs on the roadside, and the ending at the statue of liberty is a cracker, making this a very tidy suspenser that earns 8/10 from me.
Tidbid; Hitchcock had wanted Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck for the lead roles here and although that sounds mightily great, he didn't have to worry because Lane & Robert Cummings did just fine.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$780,000.00
Revenue:
$1,250,000.00