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I'm glad you enjoyed Hitchcock's foray into the American James Bond like spy thriller. You should do Rear Window soon with James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
Another fantastic reaction! Don't get me wrong, I love watching you react to horror movies, but it's always nice to try a bit of variation. :-) Also, the floating "North by Northwest" in the top part of the screen cracked me up! 🤣
Hah! Yes, Cary Grant’s character is a hilarious version of an Everyman. Successful by most standards-handsome, well-dressed, in advertising-he comes across more as a lovable loser when pitted against these life or death situations. Roger gets out by the skin of his teeth, sometimes in spite of his mistakes, sometimes because he makes them work for him. While bumbling his way through this, he may look like James Bond, but the actual cool as a cucumber secret agent who is trained for this is the would-be femme fatale with a heart of gold. She’s great too.
"In the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie. There's only expedient exaggeration." Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Maura McGiveney. Blink And You'll Miss It Fact: In the cafeteria at Mt. Rushmore, a young boy can be seen covering his ears before Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) shoots Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant). Movie Magic Fact: The scene where the crop duster is chasing and shooting at Thornhill was filmed with a real airplane while the shot where the plane crashes into the fuel truck was done using large models of both truck and plane. Guerrilla Filmmaking Fact: Sir Alfred Hitchcock filmed Cary Grant's entrance into the United Nations building from across the street with a hidden camera. When he gets to the top of the stairs, a man about to walk down does a double take upon seeing the movie star. Shaken, Not Stirred Fact: This movie has been referred to as "the first James Bond film" due to its similarities with splashily colorful settings, secret agents, and an elegant, daring, wisecracking leading man opposite a sinister yet strangely charming villain. The crop duster scene inspired the helicopter chase in From Russia With Love (1963). And another Bond nod to this film is the convertible sleeping compartment scene, used in a slightly different way in Live And Let Die (1973).
