''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 mystery film directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Cary Grant]], [[Eva Marie Saint]] and James Mason. It is a [[conservative]] [[Cold War]] classic, with some parody of the [[Deep State]]. The title is from a verse in ''[[Hamlet]]'', as is some of its plot.<ref>https://grunes.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/north-by-northwest-alfred-hitchcock-1959/</ref> This movie is notable for filming many of its scenes at real landmarks that can be visited to this day.
In a [[Essay:Worst Liberal Snubs|Worst Liberal Snub]], this phenomenal movie was a box office success but received only 3 minor [[Academy Award]] nominations and no wins. After incurring production expenditures of $4.3 million, its box office receipts were $9.8 million.
This movie inspired the [[James Bond]] series of movies that began three years later.<ref>https://screenrant.com/james-bond-alfred-hitchcock-north-northwest-dr-no/#:~:text=The%20master%20of%20suspense%2C%20Alfred,Bond%20DNA%3A%20North%20by%20Northwest.</ref>