PHILLIP VANDAMM
James Mason
North by Northwest (1959)
One thing a great movie villain ought to have is an impressive lair, and Mason's debonair Cold War spy fits the bill with what must be the coolest house in all of South Dakota: a stylish, modern, Frank Lloyd Wright-esque dwelling (complete with airstrip) built into a mountainside atop the presidents' heads on Mount Rushmore. So give him (and Alfred Hitchcock) points for that, as well as for making Cary Grant's life miserable as he chases the hapless ad man halfway across the country. —Gary Susman
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