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North by Northwest Mount Rushmore

Close view of Mount Rushmore, designed for Hitchcock’s climactic chase and fight scene.

'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
Film still from North by Northwest
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
'Mount Rushmore' backdrop from North by Northwest, detail shot
Film still from North by Northwest
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Designer
Robert F. Boyle
Art Direction
William A. Horning, Merrill Pye
Scenic Art Supervisor
George Gibson
Scenic Artist
Ben Carré, Harry Tepker, Clark Provins
Description
Close view of Mount Rushmore, designed for climactic chase and fight scene.
Place
Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota
Date
1959
Dimensions
91’-9” x 30’-0”
Medium
Dry color and gelatin binder on cotton muslin
Style
Landscape
Credit
Gift of J.C. Backings Corporation
Photo Credit
Texas Performing Arts, Sandy Carson

A New York ad executive goes on the run when mistaken for a spy in this famous Hitchcock thriller.

North by Northwest (1959), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer