Name: North by Northwest
Genre: crime film, thriller film, mystery film, spy film, action film
Duration: 136 min
Cast: Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Philip Ober

A dark partly inverted umbrella hangs against swirling violet storm clouds. — Original artwork

So horribly sad. How is it I feel like laughing?

Bureaucrat

A small wooden shield with a green sprout growing through a crack beside a larger metal shield. — Original artwork

You gentlemen aren’t really trying to kill my son, are you?

Clara Thornhill

A silver paper plane and a small brown bird-like felt shape against a cloudy blue sky. — Original artwork

That’s funny, that plane’s dustin’ crops where there ain’t no crops.

Man at Prairie Crossing

A small silver-colored pistol beside a yellow cap and one upright brass cartridge on a mint-green background. — Original artwork

That wasn’t very sporting, using real bullets.

Phillip Vandamm

A ceramic bowl split into a saffron half and a charcoal half joined by a gold seam on a grey background. — Original artwork

I may go back to hating you. It was more fun.

Roger Thornhill

A pale smiling mask appears to melt into teal wax beside a small gold pin on cream ground. — Original artwork

In the world of advertising, there’s no such thing as a lie. There’s only expedient exaggeration.

Roger Thornhill

An amber bottle and an empty wooden chair on opposite ends of a small seesaw against a dark background. — Original artwork

No. No, Mother, I have not been drinking. No. No. These two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me. No, they didn’t give me a chaser.

Roger Thornhill

A small dark leather briefcase stands slightly open with a glossy red ribbon spilling over its edge. — Original artwork

Now you listen to me, I’m an advertising man, not a red herring. I’ve got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don’t intend to disappoint them all by getting myself “slightly” killed.

Roger Thornhill