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Saturday, 14 April 2012

NORTH BY NORTHWEST [1959]

Director Alfred Hitchcock teams up with The Sound Of Music screenwriter, Ernest Lehman to craft the finest of paranoid thrillers, North By Northwest.
Dressed in some mighty slick suits: Cary Grant, James Mason and Martin Landau make for some fascinating chemistry with their game cat & mouse while Eva Marie Saint brightens things up a bit with one her best performances apart from On The Waterfront.
Laying down the formula for many paranoia thrillers after it, Hitchcock still does it best, showcasing some iconic backdrops, deafening silence at all the right times and stunning style that equals the substance.
The perfect blend of humor and suspense makes for one of Hitchcock's most audience friendly films in his career.

4 Big girls in all the right places out of 5

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