Anyone who has been sucked into the intrigue and lickety-split pacing of a top-notch contemporary thriller should thank Alfred Hitchcock. More specifically, they may want to thank Hitchcock for "North by Northwest."
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Hitchcock's thriller remains one of the most entertaining movies ever made. Grant and Eva Marie Saint scampering over the president's noses on Mount Rushmore as they are pursued by a group of nefarious spies? In fact, Alfred...
No one can definitely say 1959's North By Northwest is Alfred Hitchcock's best movie -- how to choose? -- but from first frame to last, it may well be his most entertaining. The first of Hitchcock's pictures to appear on the...