July 17, 1959 –
Alfred Hitchcock’s superlative North By Northwest, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, opened on this date.
This movie has been referred to as “the first James Bond film” due to its similarities with splashily colorful settings, secret agents, and an elegant, daring, wisecracking leading man opposite a sinister yet strangely charming villain. The crop duster scene inspired the helicopter chase in From Russia with Love.
The Haus of Dcaligari 