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North by North West (PG)

  • Run time: 2 hours 16 mins
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release date: 19th June 2009
  • Original release date: 1st January 1959

Plot Synopsis

New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believe Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder it is believed he committed. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall, who is really a member of Vandamm's gang. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane