‘North by Northwest’ premieres in Chicago 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 1 1959)


Video: 'North by Northwest' trailer

(Wednesday, July 1, 1959, 5:50 p.m. CDT)North by Northwest, an American thriller film about an advertising man who is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase, premiered tonight at the United Artists theater in Chicago.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film starred Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis and Martin Landau.


Video: 'North by Northwest (1959) - Movie' (10 clips)