"The thing with North by Northwest is that it's a very modern film, not only in its color and design, and the fact that it's almost a musical without music, done very pointedly for MGM in VistaVision.

-- Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, protagonist in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Alfred Hitchcock at Mount Rushmore during the filming of North By Northwest.12 October 1958. PD.

These Films Showcase A Darker, More Mature Side To Grant’s Talents Grant and Hitchcock’s movies together include Suspicion, Notorious, To Catch a Thief, and North by Northwest.