North by Northwest
Starring: Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Upcoming Showings
Trivia
- Rick: “most successful blending of romance and suspense”
- Hitchcock cameo: crossing the street
- 7th most-attended film in Stanford Theatre history
- GQ (2006): Grant's gray suit is film's best suit
Filming Locations
- Cornfield “Indiana” crop-duster scene: near Wasco, CA
- United Nations HQ & Grand Central Terminal, NYC
- Mt. Rushmore climax: MGM stage set, Culver City
Previous Showings
99 Showings • 24 Festivals
62,462 tickets sold
All runs on record (25):
- January 24 - 25, 1990 · 954 ticketsw/ Vertigo
- March 26 - 29, 1992 · 4,578 ticketsw/ To Catch a Thief
- October 3 - 6, 1992 · 2,823 ticketsw/ Charade
- August 27 - 31, 1994 · 2,159 ticketsw/ Night Must Fall
- August 5 - 8, 1995 · 2,670 ticketsw/ Vertigo
- July 20 - 23, 1996 · 2,530 ticketsw/ Charade
- October 1 - 8, 1999 · 3,551 ticketsHoliday 1999
- April 6 - 9, 2000 · 4,568 ticketsHitchcock 2000w/ To Catch a Thief
- August 8 - 16, 2002 · 5,289 ticketssummer02w/ Five Graves to Cairo
- August 19 - 20, 2002summer02w/ Five Graves to Cairo
- March 21 - 24, 2008 · 3,427 ticketsHITCHCOCK: Ten Weeks of the films of the Master of Suspensew/ The Trouble with Harry
- November 27 - 28, 2009 · 1,730 tickets20th Anniversary Festivalw/ To Catch a Thief
- July 17 - 20, 2010 · 1,807 ticketsSummer 2010w/ I'm No Angel
- July 30 - August 5, 2011 · 3,040 ticketsSummer 2011w/ Strangers on a Train
- March 28 - 31, 2013 · 2,946 ticketsHitchcock 2013w/ Notorious
- February 26 - March 1, 2015 · 2,550 ticketsHitchcock 2015w/ The 39 Steps
- April 14 - 17, 2016 · 1,896 ticketsHitchcock 2016w/ Shadow of a Doubt
- June 1 - 3, 2018 · 1,933 ticketsHitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense plus, Frankenstein at 200w/ The Man Who Knew Too Much
- March 8 - 10, 2019 · 1,906 ticketsHitchcock, Master of Suspensew/ To Catch a Thief
- August 27 - 28, 2022 · 1,547 ticketsSummer 2022w/ Notorious
- August 19 - 20, 2023 · 2,291 ticketsSummer 2023: The Best of Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcockw/ Charade
- May 23 - 26, 2024 · 2,753 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ To Catch a Thief
- July 4 - 6, 2025 · 2,508 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Dial M for Murder
- April 17 - 19, 2026 · 1,947 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ The 39 Steps
- October 16 - 25, 2026 · 1,059 ticketsw/ On the Waterfront