Video - North by Northwest (Cary Grant/Hitchcock)

Video, cover and case all in very good condition. Synopsis: A strong candidate for possibly the most entertaining and enjoyable film ever made by a Hollywood studio, North by Northwest is positioned between the much heavier and more profoundly disturbing Vertigo (1958) and the stark horror of Psycho (1960). In the corpus of Alfred Hitchcock films it shows the director at his most effervescent in a romantic comedy-thriller that also features one of the definitive Cary Grant performances. Which is not to say that this is just "Hitchcock Lite". It's a classic Hitchcock Wrong Man scenario: Grant is Roger O Thornhill (initials ROT), an advertising executive who is mistaken by enemy spies for a US undercover agent named George Kaplan. Convinced these sinister fellows (James Mason as the boss and Martin Landau as his henchman) are trying to kill him, Roger flees and meets a sexy Stranger on a Train (Eva Marie Saint), with whom he engages in one of the longest, most convolutedly choreographed kisses in screen history. And of course there are the famous set pieces: the stabbing at the United Nations, the crop-duster plane attack in the cornfield (where a pedestrian has no place to hide) and the cliffhanger finale atop the stone faces of Mount Rushmore. With its sparkling Ernest Lehman script and that pulse-quickening Bernard Herrmann score, what more could a filmgoer possibly desire? BIDDERS FROM OUTSIDE OF EUROPE ARE WELCOME - BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TAPE IS PAL FORMAT – AS SUCH, YOU MUST HAVE A COMPATIBLE SYSTEM TO PLAY THIS TAPE. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T KEEP OFFERING REFUNDS FOR MISTAKES BY BIDDERS - ALL SALES ARE NOW FINAL (I've been burnt several times in the past) - PLEASE READ THE TERMS & CONDITIONS. Please feel free to e-mail me if you are looking for a specific video title – I still have a large number of films to list over the coming months and who knows I may have that elusive title that you’re looking for! TERMS AND CONDITIONS (i) All videos are sold as seen/described on the auction page. (ii) In most cases the videos on offer (unless otherwise stated) have been played at least once and as such, I cannot guarantee the picture quality throughout the entire duration of the film (unfortunately, this is the nature of video films versus DVD). Due to time restrictions I’m unable to watch every film all the way through but I do not deliberately auction any faulty/damaged tapes. Most are from a private collection and have been very well looked after but please understand that some of them are now several years old. (iii) Overseas bidders are welcome (Europe, US and Canada with PayPal payments only please) BUT PLEASE ENSURE that your VHS video player is compatable with PAL format. If you have any concerns/doubts – PLEASE DO NOT BID. Sadly, refunds will not be offered for the purchase of incorrect video formats. (iv) Postage quoted is for UK delivery only – overseas bidders please contact me BEFORE the auction end so that I can advise on postage costs to your country. Please do NOT pay UK postage for overseas delivery at the end of the auction. If you’re uncomfortable with any of these terms, PLEASE DON’T BID but for anyone still reading feel free to try and pick up one of my video bargains!!

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