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Selected as one of the top 50 American films of all time by the prestigious American Film Institute, and considered by many critics to be Hitchcock's greatest film, this fast-paced thriller stars Oscar-winner Cary Grant ("Notorious," "The Philadelphia Story") as a Madison Avenue advertising exec who is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped by a group of international spies, headed by James Mason ("A Star Is Born," "Lolita"). After a hair-raising escape, he is framed for a murder he didn't commit and goes on the run with the lovely Eva Marie Saint ("Superman Returns," "On the Waterfront"). Famous for a wild plane attack and a harrowing chase across the faces of Mount Rushmore, this is quintessential Hitchcock ("Psycho," "The Birds"). With Academy Award-winner Martin Landau ("Ed Wood," "The Majestic") as Mason's evil henchman, this film is the rare combination of action, suspense and humor.

1959 · 2h 10m

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Selected as one of the top 50 American films of all time by the prestigious American Film Institute, and considered by many critics to be Hitchcock's greatest film, this fast-paced thriller stars Oscar-winner Cary Grant ("Notorious," "The Philadelphia Story") as a Madison Avenue advertising exec who is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped by a group of international spies, headed by James Mason ("A Star Is Born," "Lolita"). After a hair-raising escape, he is framed for a murder he didn't commit and goes on the run with the lovely Eva Marie Saint ("Superman Returns," "On the Waterfront"). Famous for a wild plane attack and a harrowing chase across the faces of Mount Rushmore, this is quintessential Hitchcock ("Psycho," "The Birds"). With Academy Award-winner Martin Landau ("Ed Wood," "The Majestic") as Mason's evil henchman, this film is the rare combination of action, suspense and humor.

COMMON SENSE

Witty Hitchcock thriller piles on suspense and innuendo.

TOMATOMETER
Average 9.5
Reviews 119
Fresh 115
Rotten 4

Information

Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1959
Run Time
2 hr 10 min
Rated
Unrated
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom
© (c)1959 Turner Entertainment Co., a Time Warner Company.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (Dolby Atmos, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) (SDH), Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Indonesian , Italian (Italy) (SDH), Japanese (Japan) , Korean , Latvian , Lithuanian , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.