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This week we discussed the Alfred Hitchcock classic, North By Northwest starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint from 1959. This thriller is know for the iconic crop duster scene you've seen everywhere. It is listed as one of AFI's Top 100 Films of all time, AFI's Top Ten Mysteries, AFI's Top 100 Thrills as well as in 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Schneider. Needless to say, this is a must see film. I think nowadays too many people ignore the classics because they are black and white and they don't have the technology they have today, but honestly so many films stand the test of time, there's a reason there are so many classics on top lists. Also, this is an Alfred Hitchcock film, I mean he brought us Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, Rebecca, Marnie, The Trouble with Harry, Dial M for Murder, and so many more. It's a shame that it ends up being like pulling teeth to get younger generations to watch something made before the 90s, let alone before the 2000s. Although some of them seem to know quotes very well, but couldn't tell you anything else. 

North by Northwest was written by Ernest Lehman who did other classics like West Side Story, Sabrina, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hello, Dolly!, and The Sound of Music. This man clearly knew what he was doing. Hitchcock also knows how to cast for his films. We have Cary Grant who did such films as The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby, To Catch a Thief, Charade, Arsenic and Old Lace and countless others. Eva Marie Saint who was in On the Waterfront, Superman Returns, and Winter's Tale. Also James Mason (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Star is Born 1954 version), Jessie Royce Landis (To Catch a Thief), Leo G. Carroll (Strangers on a Train, The Parent Trap, Rebecca, Spellbound, A Christmas Carol), Josephine Hutchinson (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Philip Ofer (The Ghost and Mr. Chicken), Martin Landau (Mission Impossible series, Sleepy Hollow, Treasure Island), and Edward Platt (Get Smart, Pollyanna, Rebel Without a Cause).

20th Century Limited Cocktail:

This was a cocktail created by a British bartender named C.A. Tuck in 1937, it was named in honor of the Twentieth Century Limited train which ran between New York City and Chicago from 1902 until 1967.

• 3/4 oz Lemon Juice
• 1/2 oz Creme de Cacao (Godiva was used for this episode)
• 3/4 oz Kina Lillet or Lillet Blanc (Vermouth was used for this episode, similar tasting notes)
• 1 1/2 London Dry Gin
• Shake over ice and double strain into a coup glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon.

North by Northwest Cocktail (Drinks mentioned in the film):

• Martini
• Large glass of Bourbon
• Gibson (Fill a shaker with ice, then add gin and vermouth. Stir well, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an onion.)
• Scotch

Drinking Game:

• Whenever a character gets inside a vehicle
• If and when alcohol is mentioned
• When Mr. Thornhill insults someone
• Finish your drink when Mr. Thornhill is forced to finish his

So grab a Gibson, sit down, kick back and relax while we discuss North by Northwest.