North by Northwest

North by Northwest is the Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Cary Grant and the lovely Eva Marie Saint (check out the movie, you might put her on your list). It was one of the last movies that Cary Grant starred. He only played in six more movies before retiring.

The movie is your typical Hitchcock thriller. Nominated for 3 Oscars and the winner of the highly coveted Edgar Allen Poe Award for best picture, NBTW keeps the viewer in constant suspense. Grant is kidnapped and later framed for murder and spends the rest of the movie trying to find out why so that he can prove his innocence. He never knows who's a friend and who's a fiend.

He does run into the lovely Eva Marie Saint who quickly seduces him. She claims to be 26 years old and traveling. Grant, who's about 55, is charmed and finds nothing odd in that a woman half is age is extremely attracted to him. Now, when I'm 55, this would be my greatest fantasy, but come on, this was not that realistic.

The special affects are reflective of the technology from the 1950's - very special. However, very few movies keep me in suspense like this. For that, I give this movie 4 stars. It's one of the classics and a must see for a movie aficionado.