
Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authoriti... (Full plot summary below)
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Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore.
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| EmpireDavid ParkinsonThis is Hitchcock's longest film and also his most self-referential. Little jokes abound about art and artifice, role play and reality, duty and duplicity and each viewing reveals something new to enhance the pleasure of watching the Master of Suspense at his most mischievous and assured. |
| Times (UK)Kate MuirAlfred Hitchcock's classic is as thrilling as it is witty, and contains at least two of cinema's great action set-pieces. |
| BBC.comAlmar HaflidasonA thriller so improbable that it becomes quite brilliant in evading even the most fantastic of audience guesses. |
| Des Moines RegisterJeffrey BrunerExpertly paced and filmed in vibrant colors, Hitchcock delivers wit, glamour and sophistication. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawMore than a clearing house for Hitchcock's auteur tendencies. |
| The Age (Australia)Jake WilsonNearly getting killed never looked like so much fun. |
| Sky CinemaRob DanielHitchcock succeeded in wanting to give popcorn munchers a movie to smile at. And he was never this playful again. |
| Total FilmKevin HarleyErnest Lehman's cheeky script, Bernard Herrmann's score and several sizzling set-pieces deliver a rush of pure joy. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Christopher TookeyWelcome and much needed proof that great action movies don't have to be meaningless and moronic. |
| Independent (UK)Anthony QuinnCary Grant's suave adman Roger O Thornhill finds himself in mortal peril as the innocent man-on-the-run, yet the tone throughout is buoyantly, almost insolently, comic. |