North by Northwest, is an
Alfred Hitchcock thriller created in
1959 by
MGM. It stars
Cary Grant as an innocent advertising man caught up in international intrigue, and co-stars
Eva Marie Saint and
James Mason, with a score by
Bernard Herrmann. It received critical acclaim and was popular through the decades; its iconic scenes include
Cary Grant being chased by a crop-duster plane and a chase across the presidential faces of
Mount Rushmore.