"Apparantly the only performance that will satisify you is when I play dead" "Your very next role. You'll be quite convincing I assure you." Classiest death threat in cinema history!
Yeah, but Van Damn knew he was screwed. I loved how Grant embarassed him here. He came back from the dead, walked right up to Van Damn and the very man who tried to have him killed, and confronted them. "Mr. Kaplan, we've had just about enough of you" Get used to him, Van Damn, you just won the auction and Grant STILL embarassed you! Love it. Love how Grant starts turning the screws. CIA is right there in the audience as well!
and Van Damn's goons failed in taking out Grant. AGAIN. Love this confrontation. Van Damn knew he has a problem with Grant, and he ultimately lost that fight.
even the plane attack. Van Damn lost again. I love this movie. Grant fooled this moron again and again. Led all the way back to his liar, Grant and the CIA still prevailed. Van Damn was a slick villain. But he still lost.
One of the very best scenes in the movie!! I love the sarcasm and verbal abuse, coming from both Cary Grant and James Mason. One of Hitchcock's very best films!!
Nothing says classy villain like that James Mason accent and Martin Landau exudes evil as a true "# 2". What a classic. They don't make'em like this anymore.
Dude, I've watched movie a couple times, and given that am younger, and not so familiar with big movies from that time, etc., never realized that that was ~Senor Landau :D. Thank you for mentioning that.
I love the subtlety in every movement; after Grant infers he's slept with Eva Marie Saint, Mason's hand slowly pulls away from her, as if he were disgusted.
I saw this movie in its initial release--when I was too young to get all the subtlety--but one thing I understood then: this is NOT like other movies, and wasn't like other movies THEN. It was way out there. I had to watch it again and again because I experienced it as consummate entertainment!
One of the finest movie of Alfred Hitchcock.Great photography,composition n direction.Two great British actors st their best.Often James Mason acted better than impeccable Cary Grant.Ave Marie Saint looks very attractive n beautiful.
play dead, your very next role......oh wow....talk about OMINOUS. That would have scared the explenitive out of me , Leonard slowly walking toward Thornhill with that leer in his eyes as usual. Scary.
Imagine that birth control pills came out one year later - that how old this film is. What a completely different game it was, especially for women, back then - which makes it even harder to get Eva Marie Saint's character in this film.
What's the point of showing a distorted, vertically stretched, taken out of context sequence from the movie, when anyone who's a true Hitchcock fan has the dvd anyway?
stand up, Cary! Expose that maniac crime boss and his goon boydguard right there. Stand up and accuse Van Dam of felony crimes! He wants to get tough, and send his top man to call authorities to arrest you again, after that drunk incident? F him. I would stand up, point him out to EVERYONE in the crowd, and WRECK his day!!!!
Too bad that Martin Landau was a confident, outspoken hater of gay people. Also too bad that Alfred Hitchcock abused his lead female actresses. - Despite all that, I still love this movie.
He was? I’ll have to Google him I guess. Otherwise don’t know how anyone would know that…..in the past it was probably common for celebrities to present themselves as being in line with middle America’s beliefs and opinions.
This clip cut at the most interesting point. The bidding was at $1200 and might have gone to $1300. Now, I'm just left in suspense and don't know how the bidding turned out!
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"Apparantly the only performance that will satisify you is when I play dead"
"Your very next role. You'll be quite convincing I assure you."
Classiest death threat in cinema history!
And a great foreshadowing. "Your very next role." He pretends to get killed in a later scene.
Akaaraq Hansen 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Yeah, but Van Damn knew he was screwed. I loved how Grant embarassed him here. He came back from the dead, walked right up to Van Damn and the very man who tried to have him killed, and confronted them. "Mr. Kaplan, we've had just about enough of you" Get used to him, Van Damn, you just won the auction and Grant STILL embarassed you! Love it. Love how Grant starts turning the screws. CIA is right there in the audience as well!
and Van Damn's goons failed in taking out Grant. AGAIN. Love this confrontation. Van Damn knew he has a problem with Grant, and he ultimately lost that fight.
even the plane attack. Van Damn lost again. I love this movie. Grant fooled this moron again and again. Led all the way back to his liar, Grant and the CIA still prevailed. Van Damn was a slick villain. But he still lost.
James Mason AND Cary Grant in the same scene? It's too much charm for me to handle!!!
Jim X lol.
James Mason was awesome in every role he's ever done. And that distinctive voice he has. If God exists, he has the same voice as James Mason.
+oilersridersbluejays He was truly great in this and every role. Cool, cunning, and conniving....
Eddie Izzard
He was the Waystation Supervisor in "Heaven Can Wait". Close to God.
No, Morgan Freeman
He does and he don't
One of the very best scenes in the movie!! I love the sarcasm and verbal abuse, coming from both Cary Grant and James Mason. One of Hitchcock's very best films!!
One of my all time fave films and my fave Hitchcock!
Ahh, the late, great James Mason, who did oily menace like no other. RIP.
Nothing says classy villain like that James Mason accent and Martin Landau exudes evil as a true "# 2". What a classic. They don't make'em like this anymore.
basically a bond film without bond
No, they don't. They make movies about someone falling in love with a fish. Oi!
Dude, I've watched movie a couple times, and given that am younger, and not so familiar with big movies from that time, etc., never realized that that was ~Senor Landau :D. Thank you for mentioning that.
I love Mr.Vandamn's accent and the way he talks. So elegant
Rest in peace Mr. Landau.
I love the subtlety in every movement; after Grant infers he's slept with Eva Marie Saint, Mason's hand slowly pulls away from her, as if he were disgusted.
I saw this movie in its initial release--when I was too young to get all the subtlety--but one thing I understood then: this is NOT like other movies, and wasn't like other movies THEN. It was way out there. I had to watch it again and again because I experienced it as consummate entertainment!
rent it or pick it up. you will never regret it. I think it is my favorite
rocksmeller99 Mine too
3:11 - I love the "See you later" eyes That Leonard gives Thornhill. It is menacing.
Give Mr. Kaplan a drink Leonard.
I've told you before, I'm NOT Kaplan!
Matthew Bunker 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I love Cary Grant but I can’t take my eyes off James Mason in this scene, the voice, the delivery, the sophistication.
One of the finest movie of Alfred Hitchcock.Great photography,composition n direction.Two great British actors st their best.Often James Mason acted better than impeccable Cary Grant.Ave Marie Saint looks very attractive n beautiful.
Art of survival, poured any good DRUNKS lately, lol. I LOVE how he unleashes verbal abuse on them.
play dead, your very next role......oh wow....talk about OMINOUS. That would have scared the explenitive out of me , Leonard slowly walking toward Thornhill with that leer in his eyes as usual. Scary.
end of this video and the plane attack to come. End of this video---this means WAR.
Hitchcock loved blondes.
Who doesn't
Did you know that the woman who sits next to Cary Grant at the auction was actress Paula Winslow? She was the voice of Bambi’s mother.
RIP Martin Landau
The soundtrack is so good
Grant's grey suit has timeless styling; it lacks the narrow lapels that came into fashion in the late '50s and which never looked smart.
Totally agree. But this scene improves when is shown in its full lengh, what comes next is absolutely hilarious.
My favorite Hitchcock movie. Oh! That James Mason could have played Saruman in LOR.
My ears have just dissolved into goo...
James Mason’s dialogue is the very best written for any villain in film history.
Yes you are right.
Smooth
This music is like "Jenufa", de Janacek...(act 1 , sc 5)
You have a striking resemblance….. to the young…. Cary Grant….. aren’t l the lucky lady ……❤
um,..the title says "North by Northwest"...great movie...perhaps you've been going south by southeast too long?
Martin Landau?
Brooke Hanley he's still alive
Brooke Hanley Martin RIP!
Not anymore
He died in July 15, 2017
Imagine that birth control pills came out one year later - that how old this film is. What a completely different game it was, especially for women, back then - which makes it even harder to get Eva Marie Saint's character in this film.
2000!
What's the point of showing a distorted, vertically stretched, taken out of context sequence from the movie, when anyone who's a true Hitchcock fan has the dvd anyway?
How else can we give you the opportunity to complain?
spy in from the Cold.!
stand up, Cary! Expose that maniac crime boss and his goon boydguard right there. Stand up and accuse Van Dam of felony crimes! He wants to get tough, and send his top man to call authorities to arrest you again, after that drunk incident? F him. I would stand up, point him out to EVERYONE in the crowd, and WRECK his day!!!!
Those auctioned chairs were god awful ugly.
fraction of movie scenes. wheres the full movie?
Martin Landau recently died.
Tell me about Grandpa.
This misses the best part of the scene!
Too bad that Martin Landau was a confident, outspoken hater of gay people. Also too bad that Alfred Hitchcock abused his lead female actresses. - Despite all that, I still love this movie.
He was? I’ll have to Google him I guess. Otherwise don’t know how anyone would know that…..in the past it was probably common for celebrities to present themselves as being in line with middle America’s beliefs and opinions.
I wonder how this movie would have turned out if Grace Kelly had played the role of Eve Kendall.
This clip cut at the most interesting point. The bidding was at $1200 and might have gone to $1300. Now, I'm just left in suspense and don't know how the bidding turned out!
Thirteen dollars!