North by NorthWest

North by Northwest is a classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Carrie Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity of an innocent man, Carrie Grant, pursued across the United States by agents of an organization who want to stop his interference with their plans to smuggle microfilm containing government secrets. 
North by Northwest is a highly exciting, Fast paced, action thriller. On many occasions Hitchcock leaves the audience on the edge of their seats by using a lot of tension and suspense, a McGuffin and many cliff hangers, not just a figure of speech in some cases as the end of the film has Eva Marie Saint literally hanging off the edge of a cliff. This final seen of the chase sequence across the faces of Mount Rushmore is an extremely tense, fast paced and exciting scene. 
Another extremeley famous scen in North by North west is the crop-duster scene;

This scene is well known for its brilliant use of tension and suspense, and is viewed as the best sequence in the film.The scene begins with a high angled, extreme wide shot, setting the scene. This tells the viewer where the action is taking place; a barren place, where only a few cars pass occassionaly making it seem very eerie. Instantly, we can sense something is not correct. 'Why would our protagonist meet someone at such a strange, deserted place?' This causes the audience to become suspicious.