

1959 · 2h 17m · Movie
It's a deadly game of "tag" and Cary Grant is "it"!
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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In theaters: August 6, 1959
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Josephine Hutchinson
Mrs. Townsend
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