"It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!"

1959

2h 16m

8.0(4275 votes)

Thriller

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Overview

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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95 members

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Cary Grant

Roger Thornhill

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Eva Marie Saint

Eve Kendall

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James Mason

Phillip Vandamm

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Jessie Royce Landis

Clara Thornhill

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Leo G. Carroll

Professor

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Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Townsend

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Philip Ober

Lester Townsend

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Martin Landau

Leonard

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Adam Williams

Valerian

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Edward Platt

Victor Larrabee

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Robert Ellenstein

Licht

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Les Tremayne

Auctioneer

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Philip Coolidge

Dr. Cross

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Patrick McVey

Sergeant Flamm

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Edward Binns

Captain Junket

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Ken Lynch

Charley

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Nora Marlowe

Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)

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Doreen Lang

Maggie - Thornhill's Secretary (uncredited)

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John Beradino

Sergeant Emile Klinger (uncredited)

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Ned Glass

Ticket Seller (uncredited)

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Tol Avery

State Police Detective (uncredited)

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Malcolm Atterbury

Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

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Maudie Prickett

Hotel Maid Elsie (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Plaza Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)

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Stanley Adams

Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)

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Andy Albin

Farmer (uncredited)

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Ernest Anderson

Porter on Twentieth Century Ltd. (uncredited)

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Frank Wilcox

Herman Weltner (uncredited)

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Brandon Beach

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Steve Carruthers

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Taggart Casey

Shaving Man (uncredited)

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Bill Catching

Auction Attendant (uncredited)

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Walter Coy

U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

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Jimmy Cross

Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)

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Patricia Cutts

Hospital Patient (uncredited)

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Jack Daly

Train Steward (uncredited)

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John Damler

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Lawrence Dobkin

U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)

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Tommy Farrell

Eddie - Elevator Starter (uncredited)

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Jesslyn Fax

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Adolph Faylauer

Bald Bidder (uncredited)

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Sally Fraser

Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)

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Paul Genge

Lieutenant Hagerman (uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Tom Greenway

Silent State Police Detective (uncredited)

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Robert Haines

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Stuart Hall

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Alfred Hitchcock

Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)

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Stuart Holmes

Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)

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Eugene Jackson

Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)

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Bobby Johnson

Waiter (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Man Leaving Office Building (uncredited)

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Madge Kennedy

Mrs. Finlay (uncredited)

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Colin Kenny

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Carl M. Leviness

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Alexander Lockwood

Judge Anson B. Flynn (uncredited)

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Frank Marlowe

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Baynes Barron

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

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Thomas Martin

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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James McCallion

Plaza Valet (uncredited)

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Maura McGiveney

Attendant (uncredited)

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Carl Milletaire

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Howard Negley

Conductor on Twentieth Century, Ltd. (uncredited)

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Monty O'Grady

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Ralph Reed

Bellhop (uncredited)

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John Roy

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Hotel Lounge Patron / Man at Mt. Rushmore Cafeteria (uncredited)

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Scott Seaton

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Harry Seymour

Victor - Captain of Waiters (uncredited)

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Robert Shayne

Larry Wade (uncredited)

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Jeremy Slate

Policeman at Grand Central Station (uncredited)

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Olan Soule

Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)

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Helen Spring

Bidder (uncredited)

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Harvey Stephens

Stockbroker (uncredited)

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Harry Strang

Assistant Conductor (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Man at Auction (uncredited)

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Dale Van Sickel

Ranger (uncredited)

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Lloyd Williams

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Robert B. Williams

Patrolman Waggoner (uncredited)

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Paula Winslowe

Woman at Auction (uncredited)

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Wilson Wood

Photographer at United Nations (uncredited)

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Carleton Young

Fanning Nelson (uncredited)

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Dick Johnstone

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Cosmo Sardo

Worker (uncredited)

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Don Anderson

Worker (uncredited)

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Alphonso DuBois

Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Len Hendry

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Anne Anderson

Woman (uncredited)

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Rama Bai

Woman at United Nations Building (uncredited)

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Finn Zirzow

Worker (uncredited)

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Roger C. Carmel

Tall Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Donna Douglas

Woman on Sidewalk (uncredited)

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Caryl Lincoln

Auction Guest (uncredited)

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