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    North By Northwest

    Aug 04, 2019 2 minutes
    IAN FREER

    BOB COE IS an unsung hero in one of cinema’s greatest moments. A crop-duster pilot from Wasco, California, Coe flew the Naval Aircraft N3N Canary, a World War II Navy pilot trainer nicknamed the Yellow Peril, that strafed Cary Grant wearing a grey Savile Row. Coe was paid $150 per day with an additional $100 for every hour spent in the air, but what he helped create was priceless. cropdusting scene remains a masterclass in knuckle-tightening action cinema.

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