The film follows an advertising executive who is forced to go on the run after ruthless foreign spies mistake him for an undercover agent.
“North by Northwest” is one of several spy thrillers Hitchcock directed. The film follows an advertising executive who is forced to go on the run after ruthless foreign spies mistake him for an undercover agent. The Critics Consensus on Rotten Tomatoes describes the movie, which was nominated for three Oscars, as “gripping, suspenseful, and visually iconic.”