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What the devil is all this about Why was I brought hereGames Must weNot that I mind a case of abductionbut I have tickets for the theater this eveningTo a show I was looking forward to And I get
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North by Northwest

With such expert playacting, you make this very room a theater

Roger Thornhill:
And what the devil is all this about? Why was I brought here?Phillip Vandamm:Games? Must we?Roger Thornhill:Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theater this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of *unreasonable* about things like that.Phillip Vandamm:With such expert playacting, you make this very room a theater

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What the devil is all this about Why was I brought here
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Games Must we
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Not that I mind a case of abduction
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but I have tickets for the theater this evening
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To a show I was looking forward to And I get unreasonable about things like that
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With such expert play acting you make this very room a theater
Available in 6 languages
Duration
24 seconds
Views
481
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:10
Uploaded
Mar 11, 2026
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Movie Summary

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

Actors

Cary Grant
Roger Thornhill
James Mason
Phillip Vandamm