I never once felt that it measured up to what should be included in Hitchcock's body of work.

It has its merits, but older James Bond films from the sixties are preferable. When a Manhattan advertising executive (Gary Cooper) is wrongly identified as a government agent by spies (James Mason and others), he becomes a fugitive on a train to Chicago, where he encounters a woman who seems interested in him (Eva Marie Saint). Following a strange incident involving an airplane, events lead to Mount Rushmore, Sou…

There are times when discovering the truth feels like swallowing something unpleasant. Roger O Thornhill, an ordinary advertising executive with a pleasant demeanor, finds himself mistakenly identified as a government agent by a group of dangerous spies. Forced to flee, Thornhill is thrown into one risky situation after another. Will he manage to clear his name? Can he trust the beautiful woman who’s assisting him…

Sites where people review films are a real problem when movies like this exist. Someone will watch something straightforward, maybe *Gran Torino*, and be pleased by it, appreciating some well-composed images or fluid camera movements, then give it an extremely positive score—something like 4.5 out of 5 stars, or 90% approval. But there are also films that feature moments so absurd, like a Cary Grant chase sequence in…

North by Northwest has become well-known for its iconic set pieces, like the Mount Rushmore sequence and the scene involving the crop dusting airplane. At its heart, this is a story centered on mistaken identity; advertising executive Roger Thornhill, portrayed by Cary Grant, finds himself confused with someone named George Kaplan—a deception orchestrated by individuals connected to an unspecified foreign power, l…