North By Northwest

The movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, North By Northwest, is about this man by the name of Roger O. Thornhill (played by Cary Grant) who is mistaken for George Kaplan, who is a CIA agent, but here is the kicker, Kaplan isn't a real person. Thornhill was out for his normal everyday life, when he gets kidnapped by two of Phillip Vandamm's (played by James Mason) goons. Vandamm is under the alias of Lester Townsend. This is when Thornhill is mistaken for Kaplan, and is imprisoned by these two guys until they get him drunk and is supposed to drive off a cliff but gets away, and gets arrested. He then tries to explain to the police that he was forcefully intoxicated and tries to imprison Vandamm, who he still believes is Townsend. A decoy of Townsend's wife is there to explain that he had too much to drink. Thornhill goes to the hotel where Kaplan is supposedly staying. Finds out that he isn't there but will pose as him to go confront "Townsend" and find out why he was doing this. Finds out Townsend isn't who he thinks he is and is actually an United Nations Ambassador (played by Philip Ober). While Thornhill is talking to Townsend, one of Vandamm's goons kills the Ambassador, and Thornhill is framed. Now on the run from the police, Thornhill goes and meets Eve Kendall (played by Eva Marie Saint) who helps him hid from the police and has a short romantic night with. Thornhill then goes to Chicago and almost gets killed by a plane. He then finds out that Kendall is in cahoots with Vandamm and gets himself arrested to protect him from getting killed. A CIA agent gets him out of jail and asks him to go to Mount Everest and save George Kaplan a.k.a. Eve Kendall, who was using her looks to get close to Vandamm and arrest him. Long story short he "gets killed" and then saves her, while getting Vandamm arrested. As far as we are aware at least.

Overall it was a great movie and lighting and sound was all very good for that time period, some shots were really dark, but the majority were really good. It is a must see for any aspiring film maker.