North by northwest (1959)

Is a thriller in where an innocent advertising man from New York is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies and ends up having to fight for his life.

The director was the famous Alfred Hitchcock and the writer was Ernest Lehman.

Many famous stars starred in this film such as Cary grant, Eva Marie saint  and James mason

An iconic scene in the film was the crop duster explosion scene some never scene before in the world of film

This scene sums up everything a thriller is about leaving the audience in a moment of suspense and creates a cliffhanger.

Throughout the film our resourceful hero has to overcome many obstacles thrown is his way by the more powerful and better equipped super villain.

A good example of this is in the auction scene where i look like there is no way out and he is corned by the villains, but a use a quick whits sees our hero escape.

A device called a red herring is used to mislead the audience. In the film a beautiful blonde woman who the audience believe to be on the heroes side ends up to be a villain.