"I deliver perfection..." "and don't brag about it!" ":" "D" "Alfred Hitchcock is regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time." "His genius was tapping into the most basic of human emotions: fear." "However, the way he created fear in his films was far more cunning than merely depicting scenes of extreme violence." "Hitchcock put us in touch with how we could become the unwitting victims of secrets, betrayal and even government plots in the midst of our everyday lives." "He employed this premise in many of his best pictures." "However, "North by Northwest" stands out as the ultimate Hitchcock thriller." "I'm Eva Marie Saint and this is the story of how this film was made and the master who brought it to the screen." "From the late 1920s Alfred Hitchcock plied his trade in the motion picture business and as told by his daughter, Pat Hitchcock it was a family business." "My mother and father first met she had been in the motion picture business since she was 16 and she was working as an editor, a cutter." "But in the days when you put one reel here it went through a little sort of viewer, and another reel over there and it ruined her eyes I might say." "And this young man came in, and what he was there for was drawing the pictures for the subtitles." "On the sunsets he'd draw the sun setting, and that's where they met." "He never spoke to her because she had a much better job than he did." "Then, you didn't do that." "And then eventually, she became an editor on a picture he was going to be assistant director on so then that was all right." "He could talk to her." "Actually, it was very soon after he met her that he became a director." "Then she worked with him on all of his pictures." "After many successes in the 1940s and early '50s Hitchcock was contracted by MGM to create a film adaptation of the celebrated novel "The Wreck of the Mary Deare"." "So Hitch had the studio hire Ernest Lehman fresh from "The Sweet Smell of Success" to write the screenplay." "However, "The Mary Deare" was never to set sail for Hitchcock and Lehman." "I walked in one day and said:" ""I give up." "You've got to get yourself a new writer." "I don't know how to do this picture."" "He said, "Don't be silly." "We get along so well together." "We'll just do something else."" "I said, "Well, what do we tell MGM?" He said, "We won't tell them."" "One day Hitch said to me:" ""I always wanted to do a chase across the faces of Mt." "Rushmore."" "I said, "I like that", and I made some little notes on that." "And then one day Hitch said:" ""I always wanted to do a scene where somebody is addressing the United Nations and says:" "'I refuse to continue until the delegate from Peru wakes up.'"" "So an usher goes over and taps the delegate from Peru and he falls over." "He's dead." "And I sat in my office trying to construct a story which began at the United Nations and that was the genesis." "I said, "I want to make the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures." "Something that has wit sophistication glamour action and lots of changes of locale."" "That's when I started writing." "I created the first 65 pages of the screenplay sent them off to Hitch and I have a beautiful four-page handwritten letter from Hitchcock which is in my scrapbook telling me how much he liked the first 65 pages." "That's priceless." "So he went to the powers that be at MGM and spun about 20 percent of a movie, because that's about all we had." "He looked at his watch and said:" ""Well, gentlemen, I have a meeting now, and I'll see you at the preview."" "They were thrilled." "They felt they were gonna get two Hitchcock pictures instead of one." "It was typical of him." "With a schedule that required shooting in three locations including Mt." "Rushmore it was becoming clear to MGM "North by Northwest" was going to be a very large, expensive production." "The original cost estimates came in at a little over three million dollars which could be the cost of a star's trailer today." "Hitchcock brought in a tried and true creative team including art director, Bob Boyle." "The reason we had story boards, and why it was all preplanned is that not only it was easier for him but he had already been able to communicate with all the other disciplines involved." "Hitchcock had the big office at the end." "Next to him was Lehman, the writer." "I had the office next to Ernie." "Bob Burks, the cameraman, had an office next to me." "George Tomasini, the editor everybody was on." "He'd have a finished script." "He would then take a pad with three rectangles on it." "He would then draw every single shot in the picture." "He'd then go over it with the cameraman." "By the time he got on the set he knew exactly what that movie would look like on the screen." "To him, the exciting part was thinking was sitting behind his desk and thinking about a sequence." "From the beginning, Hitchcock and Lehman had Jimmy Stewart in mind for the role of Roger Thornhill." "At some point, it was suggested the project might be a better vehicle for Cary Grant." "However, the casting of his leading lady was a challenge." "I'm a party girl." "I'm a party girl." "I'm a party girl." "I go out with men for money." "MGM suggested their contract player Cyd Charisse to play Eve Kendall but Hitchcock didn't think she was right for the part and suggested me." "I had just starred in "Raintree County" for MGM who thought I was wrong for the role of the sexy double agent." "Regardless, Hitchcock insisted, and I was hired." "He could see something in people that other people couldn't see." "He could see the classiness." "He could see her as a person, instead of the parts she'd been playing." "He secretly admired beautiful women, quite obviously particularly if they looked like Grace Kelly or Eva Marie Saint." "His eyes always gave him away." "His eyes always followed beautiful women." "Blonds are more mysterious." "What is she like?" "Is she cool?" "Is she sexy?" "That's what you're not sure of." "It was all tied in with the mystery." "Hitchcock asked James Mason for the role of Vandamm." "And then, finally, Marty Landau was on the roster." "Hitchcock saw me in a play "Middle of the Night", which I'd done on Broadway with Edward G. Robinson." "Then I got a call from him, for a picture called "North by Northwest"." "He did use the same people, the same character actors." "Look at Leo G. Carroll." "He was in practically every Hitchcock picture." "In the role of Mrs. Thornhill Hitchcock asked Jessie Royce Landis although only a year older than Cary Grant." "Other notable casting included the heavies:" "Adam Williams, Robert Ellenstein and veteran character actress, Nora Marlowe." "When I got the role, I had just given birth to my daughter Laurette Hayden." "After I lost a few pounds, Hitch began the process of transforming me into Eve Kendall." "He personally oversaw all of the details of Bill Tuttle's glamorous makeup designs and the sophisticated hairstyles of Sydney Guilaroff." "But he wasn't so crazy about MGM's costumes for me." "The studio designed a wardrobe for my character but Hitchcock didn't like it and threw out almost everything." "He took me to Bergdorf Goodman in New York and we selected the rest of my wardrobe right off the models." "I often joke that he was my one and only sugar daddy." "I had absolutely nothing for the final act of the picture." "I found myself in the second week of not having written a single page." "I said, "Hitch, we're in trouble"." "He said, "I'll be right down"." "I didn't know why we were in Mt." "Rushmore, and I told him my dilemma." "I suddenly heard myself saying:" ""She takes a gun out of her purse and shoots him."" "Where did that come from?" "The right brain." "The right brain keeps working all the time." "After a thorough preproduction period we headed to New York for the start of principal photography." "Ironically, the first day of shooting required Alfred Hitchcock to commit an actual crime." "The script required Roger to walk in the front entrance of the United Nations." "He wasn't allowed to shoot in the United Nations and Cary Grant is seen entering the building so Hitch secretly filmed it from across the street." "Hitchcock took Cary Grant down to the U. N with a VistaVision camera concealed in a truck..." "If I remember, it was a carpet-cleaning truck." "...and stole this master shot of the famous building right under the noses of U.N. security." "Hitchcock must've taken great pleasure in getting away with it." "The following day, Hitch and the crew shot the opening scene on Madison Avenue." "I'd be standing on Madison Avenue watching Hitch shoot the opening scene of the picture and a movie critic named Hollis Alpert came along." "He said, "Ernie, what are you doing here watching Alfred Hitchcock shoot his picture?"" "I said, "He isn't shooting his picture." "He's shooting my picture."" "Of course, Hitchcock made his requisite appearance in every film." "Which started way, way back in England when they were making silent movies, when they didn't have crowds." "And then he just kept doing it, and then it kept being more amusing." "It got to be so that people would see him and say, "There he is!"" "Well, that ruins any mood that you're trying to get in the movie." "He always had to do it, and you'll notice in all the later movies he always had to do it very early on." "That was his signature piece." "He goes over to a bus." "I think he liked the idea of having the bus slam the door on him." "In those days, there wasn't a good film commission in New York and the police would come on and you had to pay each situation again and again and again." "And in some interview he referred to the New York police as "New York's worst"." "When we arrived at the Plaza Hotel we had no police protection." "So Hitchcock was very upset about this." "Coincidentally, Cary kept an apartment at the Plaza where he escaped from the crowded lobby between takes." "So my costar emerged at the last moment before a take." "As legend has it, when they shot this Cary entered the lobby without a word from the director." "After shouting, "Cut" Hitchcock was asked why he hadn't directed Cary for the scene." "Hitch simply remarked, "Oh, he's been walking across this lobby for years." "I don't need to tell him how."" "Hitch took me to dinner and he suddenly got very serious." "He said, "Ernie, you know, we're not making a movie." "We're constructing an organ the kind of organ that you see in a theater." "And we press this chord and now the audience laughs." "And we press that chord, and they gasp." "And we press these notes, and they chuckle."" "He said, "Someday we won't have to make the movie." "We'll just attach them to electrodes and play the various emotions for them to experience in the theater."" "Next, the exterior of the Glen Cove Long Island Estate was shot." "This house had fantastic grounds with a long driveway up from the main road to the house." "Fitted us perfectly." "Besides being one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood Cary Grant was a successful businessman in his own right." "He charged 15 cents for an autograph." "I was impressed once, because I thought:" ""Isn't that nice?" "He's giving it to charity."" "I don't think he was giving it to charity, he was giving it to him." "He was very clever at that." "He would always have someplace to go just before the check arrived." "Soon after, the company shot the scenes at Grand Central Station." "One thing I'll never forget:" "Hitchcock always wore a suit and tie on the set." "He was the very picture of button-down respectability which was another way he inspired confidence in those working around him." "After concluding the New York location we headed out by train in a northwesterly direction to Chicago where we began shooting my first scene for the film:" "The train exterior at LaSalle Station." "So, here I was starring as a sexy spy lady opposite Cary Grant in a romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock." "Believe me, it wasn't all bad." "I loved playing Eve because it was so different from "On the Waterfront" or anything else I'd ever done before." "Hitch said, "You don't have to cry in this one, Eva Marie." "No more saint parts for you."" "Meaning the dowdy wife at the kitchen sink." "Cary thought I should play nothing but glamorous leading ladies for the rest of my career." "But, I wanted to do it all, the real and the unreal and I pretty much have." "As a director, Hitch was mostly concerned with the technical aspects of getting his vision on-screen." ""Your hand goes here." "You're looking up there."" "He wasn't like Kazan who would whisper wonderful intimate direction in your ear." "Hitch gave me three basic pieces of direction:" "First, lower your voice." "Second, don't use your hands, and third always look directly into Cary's eyes." "One of his greatest gifts was that he made you feel you were the only perfect person for the role and this gave you incredible confidence in playing the part." "And then, he'd leave you to your own devices." "It was really a wonderful set to work on." "Hitch shut down the picture for a whole day because he couldn't figure out something I had written for which there was no explanation." "There's a raking shot in the LaSalle Street Station of phone booths." "In one of them is Leonard and the camera slowly dollies over to another phone booth and there's Eve on the other phone and he's obviously giving her instructions." "It suddenly dawned on him "how did he know the telephone number?"" ""Where's Ernie?" "In Europe."" "And he shut down until somehow he came up with an answer that satisfied him and he continued shooting." "Then he filmed the scene where Cary stalks me outside the Ambassador Hotel." "Hitch was rather apprehensive." "He was very reclusive." "He was afraid of the police." "When he was a boy, he did something naughty." "Not anything special but his father had the local constable put him in jail and he says that was why he was afraid of police." "Paranoia is a good word to use with Hitch." "At the Chicago airport location, Hitchcock was in fine fettle and agreed to take some amusing publicity shots." "He loved the limelight in being able to publicize his pictures and being able to talk about his work." "But then when it came to his personal life he shunned it completely." "He loved playing the British film icon." "And if he had a dark side he had a great sense of humor about it." "Then we continued northwest again to Rapid City, South Dakota where Cary and I had a night on the town in our country best." "Before shooting began, the cast posed for publicity stills in front of the Rushmore monument." "We had a good time trying on our Native American headdresses." "Of course, we were promised one of our own headdresses by MGM but, naturally, we never got one." "We were having so much fun that what came next was a complete surprise." "Somehow word had gotten out about the planned chase across Mt." "Rushmore." "Suddenly we were in the middle of a national controversy." "The government found out that we were planning to stage killings on the faces of a national monument." "The Interior Department wasn't giving us permission to shoot in the park." "It was never intended that we shoot on the actual monument." "He was very upset at first." "Hitchcock felt the film defended democracy instead of defaced it but MGM smoothed over their concerns by promising the actors would never appear on the presidents' faces." "But Hitchcock had the last word when MGM used this illustration of a somewhat altered Mt." "Rushmore in their ads for the film." "The press had a field day with the Mt." "Rushmore controversy." "One newspaper editor suggested Hitchcock should go back to England and film people scampering on the queen's face." "Without the permits to film at the monument they'd have to be created in miniature in Hollywood." "So we packed up and headed home to shoot the interiors at MGM." "The first scenes filmed were those in the Plaza's Oak Bar where Cary is first abducted." "These pages were shot in a mere two days." "Then James Mason went to work playing the first scenes in which his character Vandamm, is revealed to the audience." "I loved the way Hitch shot it with a kind of a move of the camera from one lamp to another as James Mason turns on the lights to get a look at this George Kaplan." "A very elegant Hitchcock touch." "Now what the devil is all this about?" "Why was I brought here?" "Games?" "Must we?" "Hitch and Cary had worked on projects prior to "North by Northwest" and while they had respect for each other's opinions there were a few wrinkles between them." "There was something between them that wasn't always quite right." "Because if you're doing a Hitchcock picture and you're Cary Grant I think you're not gonna be the total center of all attention." "When he was in charge, when he was the director and Cary was the actor, then everything worked out fine." "Then the company headed out to shoot the famous crop-duster scene in East Bakersfield, California." "To begin with, the crew filmed the aerial establishing shot where a bus drops Cary off." "Way off in the distance you could see a town." "So that became a matte shot." "I said:" ""I've never handled a matte shot from a crane." "It'll be unsteady."" "Well, what we did is, we took four cables and we tied it off four ways and then lifted the crane a little so everything was tight." "It worked." "Nothing happens for almost eight minutes and it still holds your attention." "Even though it was early October, the climate was like a sweltering desert." "This was one of the only times Hitch wore short sleeves on the set." "For three days, poor Cary ran with a stunt plane swooping down at him or so it would seem." "As nobody would think of putting Cary Grant in the position of getting decapitated by a plane some trick photography was used." "I feel like a traitor telling you this but first the crew shot a swooping plane from a ditch." "Later, Cary was shot on a sound stage jumping into a fake ditch with the plane footage on a process screen behind him." "The cornfield, we had to plant." "We had to get cornstalks and put them in." "Cary Grant rushes into the cornfield and ducks down on the ground and the plane loosens this poisonous crop-dusting powder all over him and he's gasping for breath and he rushes towards a car which is coming from afar and the camera follows him as he goes toward the car and he waves and the car refuses to stop." "The next day, Hitch discovered that Peggy Robertson his script supervisor had forgotten to make sure that Cary was covered with crop dust in the shot where he runs across the field toward the car." "And she burst into tears." "She was hysterical." "Hitch had to shoot the whole scene over again." "We were there when they actually had the truck exploding." "The company name on the truck was the company my husband was working for." "This was Cary Grant's stand-in, and he was wonderful." "Not only was his resemblance to Cary incredible but he had his walk and his movements down pat." "But that's mostly Cary out there running for his life in the scene that remains one of the greatest action sequences ever filmed." "The landing strip scenes were next." "Here we went about the ordinary business of life on location if you want to call it ordinary." "Then we moved into the scenes with Eve and Roger on the 20th Century Limited." "First, we shot the dining car scene." "On that scene, there was one line of dialogue she had in the dining car sequence where she says:" "I never discuss love on an empty stomach." "If you look at the film again, you'll see her lips are saying:" ""I never make love on an empty stomach."" "I think it was a little ahead of its time." "The next scene was in Eve's compartment." "But the set was rather compact and I have a slight fear of enclosed spaces." "However, I got through it, just doing take after take, kissing Cary Grant." "Actually, we were both married and the only thing between us was mutual admiration." "Not to mention that we were surrounded by a full crew of technicians." "Hitchcock brought an amazing sense of intimacy to the screen through the use of movement." "Hitchcock liked to enclose these intimate scenes..." "And in some other films he's had the camera going around them." "In this case you couldn't because the set was so small." "So the camera was still and the people turned the idea being to get the visual effect of enclosing these people in a very intimate moment." "Today in love scenes, they show everything in explicit detail but I prefer it like in our picture where you're not sure what happens after the fade-out but your imagination fills in the blanks perfectly." "Shooting the Ambassador Hotel interiors took only four days." "Surprised?" "Yes." "No getting rid of me, is there?" "Though the scenes were fraught with tension, off-screen we were relaxed." "We chatted between takes and even did the latest dance craze." "A far cry from the anxiety on-screen." "I had a bike on the lot, and one day while I was out on a ride someone took a picture and left it in my dressing room with this fake traffic ticket." "The MGM studio police had cited me for driving 60 miles an hour on the wrong side of the road." "Other offenses included drunk driving, foul language and failure to pass a sobriety test." "When we were doing the auction scene, he whispered something to Cary he whispered something to James, he whispered something to Eva Marie and he passed me by." "And I walked up to him." "I said:" ""Is there anything you want to tell me?"" "I was a young actor, eager, you know." "They were getting direction." "He said, "Martin, I'll only tell you if I don't like what you're doing." "You're projecting very well."" "I said, "Well, okay." "That's nice." But I did feel left out." "Hitchcock said, "Actors are cattle"." "He never said that." "He said, "You must treat actors like cattle."" "Along the way, we had a few visitors on the set, including Hitchcock-find Shirley MacLaine, actress Miyoshi Umeki and Pat Hitchcock, who was expecting her third child." "A producer and his leading lady made a visit, along with my husband." "And finally, Princess Sophia of Greece." "Then Saul Segal and the MGM brass came to visit the sound stage." "Whether or not Hitchcock feared authority here he's smiling that "reassure the money man" smile that never goes out of date." "One of the most notable mistakes that happens in the movie occurs when I fake shooting Cary at the observatory." "Look behind me and you'll notice a small boy plugging his ears in anticipation of the shot." "Obviously he sat through a few too many takes." "Why this take was selected from all the ones we shot we will never know." "This vignette has always gotten a laugh." "Stop!" "Excuse me, I..." "Stop." "We shot all the scenes at Vandamm's house, 14 pages of script in only six days." "But Hitch was prepared and economical, and it went very smoothly." "We did it on stage five at MGM and it was done with mattes but we were able to photograph underneath the house approaching the house, all sides, including the front door." "So we shot four directions." "In this sequence, the script delves deeper into the character of Leonard." "There's a little hint of homosexuality." "Or was there more than a hint?" "Ernie Lehman actually wrote, "Call it my woman's intuition, if you will"." "I just felt it added something real." "I think you're jealous." "No, I mean it." "I'm very touched." "Very." "Jealousy can make someone do nasty things." "By this time, the budget, okayed by MGM at $3,000,000 was ballooning by the day." "For example, Cary Grant's contract stipulated a specific amount of time for his services." "When the film went over schedule the studio paid him an astronomical $5000 a day." "I should know, I went over schedule too at $2000 a day." "For the reunion scene in the forest, we were shot on an MGM sound stage with a few rows of pine trees between us." "This is one of Eve Kendall's best scenes." "It was the first time anyone asked me to do anything worthwhile." "The head of the studio felt the scene was too long and Hitch would not cut a frame from it." "So I think that was the only point at which he and the studio disagreed." "Then, at last, we shot on the gigantic Mt." "Rushmore sets at MGM." "And here, Bob Boyle and his crew achieved some of the greatest art direction ever shot on film." "For five days, we climbed on ledges and peaks sculptured in concrete in front of an enormous backdrop stretching 30 feet high and 150 feet wide." "I think it was one of the finest scenic paintings ever made because often with a scenic painting you put trees in front or a scrim over it, but we couldn't do that here." "The set was largely a very safe place, but once the man who was to catch me if anything happened looked away as I slipped and fell several feet, scraping my arm badly." "An injury we used in the final film." "I hung from a cliff that appeared to be miles high but was only a few yards from a scaffold below." "Cary saved me from a ledge that appeared to drop straight down." "Actually, it was on a 45-degree angle." "I couldn't have fallen if I wanted to." "It looks dangerous, but really it was just a lot of fun." "I think if you read the script, you'll see the train goes off." "I didn't write the tunnel." "The obvious parallel to the sexual act always gets a laugh." "It may be trains had some sexual feelings for him." "There's no way I can take credit for that." "Damn it." "After 78 days in front of the cameras "North by Northwest" finished shooting on December 16th, 1958." "Though it was more than a million dollars over budget MGM was delighted with the results." "Not long after, the film was scored by Bernard Herrmann whose contribution is one of the movie's greatest achievements." "If it hadn't been for Herrmann, there would have been no "North by Northwest"." "Bennie Herrmann introduced me to Hitchcock." "That's how it all came about." "Just think of that." "MGM's publicity department created an elaborate press package for the movie." "Madison Avenue's biggest firms created designs for the poster including these intriguing hopefuls." "But it was this sketch that captured MGM's attention and eventually became one of the original posters." "Later, foreign release posters brought forth stunning results as well." "Like today, there were promotional tie-ins." "A Mercedes-Benz that was in the film was advertised with the premiere." "There was even a "North by Northwest" coloring contest with a book that had Cary running from the plane and me hanging off Mt." "Rushmore." "The best advertising weapon MGM had was in using the director in the original trailer." "Have you planned your vacation yet?" "You've a choice between sand and sunburn or mountain climbing and a charley horse." "I find it all very enervating but we should all have some kind of holiday." "So my suggestion is a quiet little tour say, about 2000 miles." "I have just made a motion picture:" ""North by Northwest" to show you some of these delights." "I promise you nothing but entertainment." "A vacation from all your problems as it was for me." "For the "North by Northwest" world premiere in Chicago Hitch was taking no chances with the safety of his brainchild." "Then later, we made an appearance at the movie's first public showing." "Although a little nervous, I think Hitch really enjoyed the adulation." "And finally, we went in and the picture started and we got a taste of what audiences have done ever since:" "They loved every minute of it." "This led to the biggest event of all:" "The premiere at Radio City Music Hall which was a spectacle unto itself boasting a live stage show included in the price of admission." "Oh, it was a big hit." "At the end of 1959, "North by Northwest" had earned a substantial profit and made it to every top-10 list in the country." "The film was nominated for five Oscars, though it lost in every category." ""North by Northwest" was not the classic it has become." "It kind of hung in there and it would be rereleased and it would be shown at festivals and it slowly became a famous picture." "Oh, I think "North by Northwest" is very high as one of his best pictures." "I saw it a few weeks ago." "I never tire of seeing it." "It's always new, it's fresh." "A lot of people say it's a quintessential Hitchcock film because it has a lot of pieces from a lot of... "The Wrong Man"  "The 39 Steps"..." "What he was able to do was to take a small boy's fear of the dark and make it into a wonderful film." "Right after that, of course, he went away from that big, rich-looking movie and went into a black-and-white period." "The next picture was "Psycho"." ""North by Northwest" is a film that has stood the test of time." "Hitchcock's incomparable direction, Ernest Lehman's rock-solid script and Cary Grant's finest performance still casts a spell of greatness which I'm incredibly proud to have been part of." "I'm Eve Kendall Eva Marie Saint, and thank you for watching." "And cut." "I deliver perfection..." "and don't brag about it!" ":" "D" ""If you accept the belief that a high Trendex means a rising sales curve..."" " Mr. Thornhill?" " Good night, Eddie." " Say hello to the missus." " We're not talking." ""My recommendation is still the same."" ""Spread the good word in as many small-time segments as we can."" ""Let the opposition have their high ratings while we cry all the way to the bank."" ""Let's colonize at the Colony one day next week for lunch."" ""Let me hear from you, Sam." "Happy thoughts, etc..."" "You better walk me to the Plaza." " I didn't put a coat on." " Use your blood sugar, child." "Come on." " Next?" " Gretchen Sabinson." "Oh, yes." "Send her a box of candy from Blum's. $10." "You know the kind." "Each piece wrapped in gold paper." "She'll think she's eating money." "Just tell her:" ""Darling, I count the days, the hours..."" " You sent that one last time." " I did?" "Put: "Something for your sweet tooth, baby, and all your other sweet parts!"" "I know." "Could we take a cab?" " For two blocks?" " You're late and I'm tired." "That's your trouble, Maggie, you don't eat properly." "Here." "Taxi." "I have a very sick woman here." "You don't mind, do you?" "Thank you very much." "Perfectly all right." "First stop, the Plaza." "Don't throw the flag." "Poor man." "I made him a happy man." "I made him feel like a good Samaritan." "He knew you were lying." "In the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie." "There's only "expedient exaggeration"." "You ought to know that." "Do I look heavyish to you?" "What?" "I feel heavyish." "Put a note on my desk in the morning:" ""Think thin"." ""Think thin."" "Better make it the 59th Street entrance." "Okay." "Soon as you get back, call my mother." "Remind her we have theatre tickets for tonight." "Dinner at 21, 7:00." "I'll have had two martini's at the Oak Bar so she needn't bother to sniff my breath." " She doesn't do that." " Sure she does." "Like a bloodhound." "Bigelow at 10:30 is your first tomorrow." "The Skin Glow rehearsal's at noon." "Then lunch with Falcon and his wife." " Where was that?" " Larry and Arnold's, 1:00." " Will you check in later?" " Absolutely not." "Here, Driver." "Take this lady back where she belongs." " Right." " That ought to cover it." " Don't forget, call my mother right away." " I won't." " Good night, Mr. Thornhill." " Good night." "Wait, Maggie!" "You can't call her." "She's at Mrs..." "Good evening, Mr. Thornhill." "I'm looking for Mr. Weltner and two other gentlemen." "Yes, sir." "Right this way." "Herman." " Hello, Roger." " I'm a little late." "Roger Thornhill." "Fanning Nelson." " We've gotten a head start here." " That won't last long." "I was saying that you may be slow in starting, but there's nobody faster." "What's the matter?" "You've got the fidgets." "I told my secretary to call Mother and I realized she won't be able to reach her." "Why not?" "She's playing bridge at one of her cronies'." " Your secretary?" " No." "My mother." "Mr. Kaplan?" "It's one of those new apartments, wet paint and no telephone yet." "Perhaps if I send her a telegram." "Mr. George Kaplan?" "Boy!" "Kaplan." "I have to send a wire." "Could you send it for me if I write it out for you?" "I'm not permitted to do that, sir, but if you'll follow me..." " Will you excuse me?" " Go right ahead." " Right through there, sir." " Thanks." "Thank you, sir." "What's that supposed to be?" "The car is waiting outside." "You'll walk between us saying nothing." " What are you talking about?" " Let's go." "Go where?" "Who..." "Who are you?" "Mere errand boys, carrying concealed weapons." "His is pointed at your heart, so, please, no errors of judgment, I beg of you." "What is this?" "A joke or something?" "Yes, a joke." "We'll laugh in the car." "Come." "This is ridiculous." "Don't tell me where we're going." "Surprise me." "I left some friends back there in the Oak Bar." "They'll think I'm awfully rude." "Could we stop off at a drugstore for a moment so that I could explain I'm being kidnapped?" "Well, that is what's happening, isn't it?" "Locked." "Who's Townsend?" "Really?" "Interesting." " Where is he?" " Upstairs, dressing." " Tell him I'm here." " The dinner guests are expected." "Never mind that." "Say to him: "Kaplan"." "By the way, what are we having for dessert?" " Is anyone in the library?" " No." "This way." "You will wait here." "Don't hurry." "I'll catch up on my reading." "Good evening." "Not what I expected." "A little taller a little more polished than the others." "I'm so glad you're pleased, Mr. Townsend." "But, I'm afraid, just as obvious." "What the devil is all this about?" "Why was I brought here?" "Games?" "Must we?" "Not that I mind a slight case of abduction, but I have tickets for the theatre tonight." "To a show I was looking forward to." "I get unreasonable about things like that." "With such expert play-acting, you make this very room a theatre." "Leonard, have you met our distinguished guest?" "He's a well-tailored one, isn't he?" "My secretary is a great admirer of your methods, Mr. Kaplan." "Elusiveness, however misguided..." "Wait a minute." "Did you call me "Kaplan"?" "I know you're a man of many names, but I'll accept your current choice." "Current choice?" "My name is Roger Thornhill." "It's never been anything else." "Of course." "Your friends picked up the wrong package when they bundled me in the car." "Sit down, Mr. Kaplan." "I told you, I'm not Kaplan, whoever he is." " Excuse me." " Yes?" "The guests are here, dear." "Look after them." "I'll be with you in a few minutes." "Now, shall we get down to business?" "I'm all for that." "I'd like you to tell me how much you know of our arrangements and how you've come by this information." " I don't expect to get this for nothing." " Of course not." "Don't misunderstand." "I don't expect you to fall in with the suggestion but the least I can do is afford you the opportunity of surviving the evening." "What is that supposed to mean?" "Why don't you surprise me, Mr. Kaplan, and say yes?" "I've told you..." "We know where you're headed for." "I know where I'm headed." "The Winter Garden Theatre in New York." "And I think I'd better get going." "Townsend, you're making a serious mistake." "This is not going to lead to a very happy conclusion, Mr. Kaplan." "I'm not Kaplan!" "I do wish you would reconsider." "We also know your contact in Pittsburgh since Jason committed suicide." "What contact?" "I've never been in Pittsburgh." "On June 16, you checked into the Sherwyn Hotel in Pittsburgh as Mr. George Kaplan of Berkeley, California." "A week later, you registered at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia as Mr. George Kaplan of Pittsburgh." "On August 11, you stayed at the Statler in Boston." "On August 29, George Kaplan of Boston registered at the Whittier in Detroit." "At present, you are registered in Room 796 at the Plaza Hotel in New York as Mr. George Kaplan of Detroit." "In two days, you are due at the Ambassador East in Chicago." "And then at the Sheraton-Johnson Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota." "Not me!" "There's no sense in maintaining that you are deceiving us any more than we are deceiving you." "I suppose it wouldn't do any good to show you ID cards a driver's license, things like that?" "They provide you with such good ones." "It's getting late." "I have guests." "Do you intend to cooperate with us?" "I'd like a simple yes or no." "A simple no." "For the simple reason that I simply don't know what you're talking about." "Give Mr. Kaplan a drink, Leonard." "A pleasant journey, sir." "Scotch?" "Rye?" "Bourbon?" "Vodka?" "Nothing." "I'll take a quick ride back to town." "That has been arranged." "But first, a libation." "Bourbon!" "You drink it." "I've had enough stimulation for one day." "It'll be easier if you take this yourself." "Otherwise, we'll have to insist." "Cheers!" "Don't worry about me." "I'll take the bus." "Thanks for the lift." "I want this man examined for driving while intoxicated." "Really?" "You see, they tried to kill me." "He won't listen to me." "In a big house." "They tried to kill me." " All right." "Let's just go inside." " I don't want to go inside." "Somebody call the police." "Come on." "Come on now." "Okay." "Sit down." "I don't want to sit." "Perfectly all right." "See?" "We'll get 'em." "We'll throw the book at them." "Assault and kidnapping." "Assault with a gun and a bourbon and a sports car." "We'll get 'em." "You'll be fine after a good night's sleep." "We got a nice cell all made up." "I don't want a cell." "I want a policeman." "The car was just reported stolen." "A Mrs. Babson up on Twining Road." "I got to call someone." "Where's the phone?" "You're allowed one call." "Over here." "Thanks." "You better make it your lawyer." "Butterfield 8-1-0-9-8." "What am I, a telephone operator?" "Butterfield 8-1-0-9-8." "Just a minute, please." " Here." " Thank you." "Hello, Mother?" "Mother, this is your son, Roger Thornhill." "Wait a minute, I'll find out." "Where am I?" "Glen Cove Police Station." "Glen Cove Police Station." "No, Mother, I have not been drinking." "No, these two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me." "No, they didn't give me a chaser." "Come on, let's go." " Wait, I'm not finished yet." " Yes, you are." "Come on." "Mother, I got to go now." "Get my lawyer right away and come and bail me out." "Tomorrow morning, tell her." "Tomorrow morning, he says." "I don't know." "I'll ask him." "She wants to know who says." "Sergeant Emil Klinger." "Sergeant Emil..." "Emil?" "Sergeant Emil Klinger." "No." "I didn't believe it either." "I'm all right, Mother." "Good night." "That was Mother." "Let's go." "Here's your man, Doctor." "What's your name?" "Roger Thornhill." "Stick out your tongue and say "ah"." "You better move back." "Have you been drinking?" "Doctor, I am gassed." "What were you drinking?" "Well, bourbon." "See, these two fellas..." " How much would you say you drank?" " What?" " How much would you say you drank?" " About this much." "Mr. Thornhill, my opinion is that you are definitely intoxicated." "No question about it." "Now I ask your permission to draw blood." "How disgusting!" ""You may refuse to permit a blood test to be made but if you do, your license will be revoked."" "It was at this point that Mr. Thornhill succeeded in escaping from his would-be assassins, and when they gave chase he, naturally, had to drive as best he could under the circumstances." "How long have you known your client?" "Seven years, Your Honor." "Do you know him to be a reasonable man?" "Absolutely." "Mother!" "Do you believe there is some credence to this story?" "Credence!" "Yes, Your Honor." "If my client says this is what happened I'm certain it must've happened." "Damn right." "I want this turned over to the county detectives for investigation." "Call them and have them come here immediately." "Right, Your Honor." "Counselor, I'm going to set this over for final disposition tomorrow at 7:30 p.m." "I expect you and the defendant to be here, ready to go to trial." "In the meantime, the county detectives'll determine if his story has any basis in fact." ""Basis in fact"?" "If I were brought in dead, you still wouldn't believe..." "Wait a minute." "After all, Your Honor, would I make up such a story?" "That is precisely what we're intending to find out, Mr. Thornhill." "Remember me?" " Yes, sir." " Good." " Is Mr. Townsend at home?" " No, I'm sorry he's left for the day." "Mrs. Townsend?" " Who shall I say is calling?" " County detectives." "Come in, please." "This way, please." "This is the room." "I'll call Madam." "You do that." "Here's the sofa where they held me down." "They spilled bourbon all over it." "I'll show you the stains." "Somebody must've cleaned them off." "This is the cabinet where they keep the liquor." "Scotch, gin, vodka..." "And bourbon." "I remember when it used to come in bottles." "Dear, we were so worried about you!" "Did you get home all right?" "Of course you did." "Let me look at you." "A little pink-eyed, but aren't we all?" "It was a dull party." "You didn't miss a thing." "I want you all to know, I never saw this woman before last night." "Mrs. Townsend, I'm Capt. Junket of the Nassau County Detectives." "This is Lt. Harding." "You haven't gotten into trouble, Roger?" " Stop calling me Roger." " Has he gotten into trouble?" "Mr. Thornhill was picked up last night driving under the influence of alcohol incidentally, in a stolen car..." "Stolen car!" "...belonging to Mrs. Babson of Twining Road." "Roger, you said you were going to call a cab." "You didn't borrow Laura's Mercedes?" "No, I didn't borrow Laura's Mercedes!" "Mr. Thornhill has told us that he was brought here against his will last night and forcibly intoxicated by some friends of your husband and set out on the road." "Do you know anything about this?" "Roger was a bit tipsy when he arrived here by cab for dinner." "She's lying." "And I'm afraid he became even worse as the evening wore on." "Finally, he told us he had to go home to sleep it off." "I knew I should've served dinner earlier." "What a performance!" "Mrs. Townsend, does the name George Kaplan mean anything to you?" "George Kaplan?" " No." " I didn't think so." "Where's her husband?" "He's the one you should question." "Is there any place he can be reached?" "Yes." "The United Nations." "He's addressing the General Assembly this afternoon." "All right." "So he's addressing the General Assembly." " Sorry we had to bother you." " No bother at all." "Now, wait a minute." "Do you want to get in touch with my husband, Captain?" "No, Mrs. Townsend, that won't be necessary." "Do you mean you're not going to do any more about this?" "Pay the two dollars." "Goodbye." " I don't see why you want me along." " You lend a certain air of respectability." "Don't be sarcastic, Roger." "There you are, dear." "Park yourself there." "Well, here goes." "Hello, Operator." "Have you got a George Kaplan staying here?" "That's right." "You have?" "Room 796." "Ring it, will you please?" " You see?" " I see." "I hope he clears up this silly business." "You're ruining my whole day." "Did he leave word when he'd be back?" "Really?" "Thank you." "That's odd." "He hasn't answered his telephone in two days." "Maybe he got locked in the bathroom." "Mother, do me a favor, will you?" "Put on that innocent look you do so well and go to the desk and get the key to 796." "I wouldn't do such a thing!" " $10?" " Not for all the money in the world." " $50?" " Roger, you are disgraceful." "Car theft, drunk driving, assaulting an officer, lying to a judge and now, housebreaking." " No, hotel-breaking." "There's a difference." " Of five to ten years." "Just a minute, please." "Will you be wanting me to change your bedding, sir?" "Yes." "Well, but not right now." "I mention it, because the bed doesn't seem like it's been slept in and I was wondering if I ought to change the linens." "Thank you for your interest." "Come on." "She seemed to think I'm Kaplan." "I wonder if I look like Kaplan." " Look who's here." " Who?" "Where?" "Our friend who's assembling the General Assembly this afternoon." "Roger, I think we should go." "Don't be nervous." " I'm not." "I'll be late for the bridge club." " Good." "You'll lose less than usual." "Bulletin, Kaplan has dandruff." "In that case, I think we should leave." "Too late." " You rang for me, sir?" " Yes." "Come in for a moment." " What's your name?" " Elsie, sir." " Do you know who I am?" " You're Mr. Kaplan." "When did you first see me?" "Outside the door." "Out in the hall a couple of minutes ago." "Don't you remember?" "Is that the first time you laid eyes on me?" "Can I help it if you're never around, Mr. Kaplan?" "Then how do you know I'm Mr. Kaplan?" " What?" " How do you know I'm Mr. Kaplan?" "Of course you are." "This is Room 796, isn't it?" "So, you're the gentleman in Room 796, aren't you?" "All right, Elsie, thanks." " Will that be all, sir?" " For the time being, yes." "Valet." "Yes, come in." " Should I hang it in the closet, Mr. Kaplan?" " Yes, please." "Tell me..." "What time did I give you that suit?" "Last night." "Around 6:00." " Did I give it to you personally?" " Personally?" "No." "You called down on the phone and described the suit to me." "Said it would be hanging in your closet." "Like you always do." " Anything wrong?" " No, I'm just curious." " Here." "Thanks." " Thank you." "Nice to meet you, Mr. Kaplan." "Isn't that the damnedest thing?" "I'm beginning to think that no one in the hotel has actually seen Kaplan." "Maybe he has his suits mended by invisible weavers." "Let me see something." "I don't think that one does anything for you." "Now, that's much better." "Obviously they've mistaken me for a much shorter man." " Should I?" " Certainly not." "Hold that." "It's good to find you in, Mr. Kaplan." "Who is this?" "We met only last night and still you do not recognize my voice." "I should feel offended." "Yes, I know who you are and I'm not Mr. Kaplan." "Of course not." "You answer his telephone, you live in his hotel room  and yet you are not Mr. Kaplan." "Nevertheless, we are pleased to find you in." "Now wait..." "Operator?" "Operator, this is Mr. Thorn..." "Kaplan in 796." "Where did that call come from?" "From the outside or from the lobby?" " Just a minute." "I'll see." " Hurry, please." "Who was it?" "One of the men who tried to kill me last night." "We're back to that one, are we?" " That call was made from the lobby, sir." " It was?" "They're probably on their way up here." " Let's get out of here." " I think I'd like to meet these killers." "You gentlemen aren't really trying to kill my son, are you?" "Lobby, please." "Watch your step." "Gentlemen, please." "Ladies first." "Come along, ladies." "That's right." "Come along." "Good." "Roger, will you be home for dinner?" " Where to?" " I don't know." "Just keep going." " Take me to the United Nations." " Right." "General Assembly Building." "Right." " I'm being followed." "Can you do anything?" " Yes." "Do it." " May I help you?" " Yes, please." "Where will I find Mr. Lester Townsend?" "Mr. Lester Townsend of UNIPO?" "Did you have an appointment, sir?" "Well, yes." "He expects me." "Your name, please?" " My name?" " Yes, please." "Kaplan." "George Kaplan." "One moment, please." "Wait for me at the corner of 47th." "If you'd give this to one of the attendants in the public lounge, she'll page him." " Thank you very much." " You're welcome, Mr. Kaplan." "Page Mr. Lester Townsend, please?" "Certainly, Mr. Kaplan." "Mr. Townsend of UNIPO." "Mr. Townsend of UNIPO." "Please call at the communications desk of the public lounge." "You paged me?" " Mr. Kaplan?" " Yes." "You wanted to see Mr. Townsend." "This is Mr. Townsend." "How do you do, Mr. Kaplan?" "This isn't Mr. Townsend." "Yes, it is." "There must be some mistake." "Mr. Lester Townsend?" "That's me." "What can I do for you?" "Are you the Townsend who lives in Glen Cove?" "That's right." "Are we neighbors?" "A large, red-brick house with a curved, tree-lined driveway?" "That's the one." "Were you at home last night?" " You mean in Glen Cove?" " Yes." "I've been staying in my apartment in town for the last month." "I always do when we're in session here." "What about Mrs. Townsend?" "My wife has been dead for many years." "Mr. Kaplan, what's this all about?" "Who are those people living in your house?" "What people?" "The house is completely closed up." "There's just a gardener and his wife living on the grounds." "Now, Mr. Kaplan, tell me who you are and what you want." "Do you know this man?" "Look!" "He's got a knife!" "Look out!" "Listen to me." "I had nothing to do with this." " Call the police." " Don't come any nearer!" "Get back!" ""The photograph has been identified as that of Roger Thornhill a Manhattan advertising executive, indicating that the name George Kaplan which he gave to an attendant in the General Assembly Building was false."" ""A possible motive for the slaying was suggested by the discovery that earlier today, Thornhill appeared in a Glen Cove police court charged with drunk driving with a stolen car and in his defense he charged that the murder victim, Mr. Townsend had tried to kill him the night before."" "Brother!" "What about that?" "Does anyone know this Thornhill?" "No, not me." "Never heard of him." "Professor?" "Apparently, the poor sucker got mistaken for George Kaplan." "How could he be mistaken for George Kaplan when he doesn't even exist?" "Don't ask me how it happened, but obviously it happened." "Vandamm's men must have grabbed him and tried to put him away using Lester Townsend's house." "The unsuspecting Townsend winds up with a stray knife in his back." "C'est la guerre." "It's so horribly sad." "Why is it I feel like laughing?" "What are we going to do?" "Do?" "About Mr. Thornhill?" "We... do nothing!" "Nothing?" "That's right." "Nothing." "We could congratulate ourselves on a marvelous stroke of good fortune." "Our non-existent decoy, George Kaplan, created to divert suspicion from our actual agent, has fortuitously become a live decoy." "Yes, Professor." "How long do you think he'll stay alive?" "That's his problem." "What Mrs. Finley means..." "I know what she means." "We can't sit back calmly and wait to see who kills him first!" "Vandamm and company or the police?" "What can we do to save him without endangering our own agent?" "Aren't we being just a wee bit callous?" "No, my dear woman, we're not being callous." "We didn't invent our non-existent man and give him the name of George Kaplan establish elaborate behavior patterns for him move his prop belongings in and out of hotel rooms, for our private amusement." "We created George Kaplan and labored successfully to convince Vandamm that this was our agent hot on his trail for a desperately important reason." "Nobody's denying that!" "Very well, then." "If we make the slightest move to suggest there's no such agent as George Kaplan give any hint to Vandamm he's pursuing a decoy instead of our own agent then our agent, working right under Vandamm's very nose will immediately face suspicion, exposure and assassination." "Like the two others who went before." "Goodbye, Mr. Thornhill, wherever you are." "Train number 25  the 20th Century Limited  due to leave at 6:00 p.m. for Chicago..." "Yes, dear." "I know." "Now, listen to me, Mother, I called the Plaza." "Kaplan checked out and went to the Ambassador East in Chicago." "That's why I'm..." "I can't go to the police." "At least not yet." "You saw the newspapers." "My fingerprints are on the knife." "I'm a car thief, a drunk driver, and a murderer." "I wouldn't have a chance." "I won't have, until I find George Kaplan who obviously knows what this is about." "No, the train." "It's safer." "Because there's no place to hide on a plane if anyone should recognize me." "You want me to jump off a moving plane?" "Well, thank you so much, Mother." "Goodbye." "Give me a bedroom on the 20th Century, please." "It's leaving in five minutes." "I know." "Will you make it snappy?" "I think they're all sold out." "Sold out?" "You can always go coach." "No, I can't do that." "What time is the next train?" "Not until 10:00." "You're in a hurry, huh?" "Could you call them and see what they have?" "Something wrong with your eyes?" "Yes, they're sensitive to questions." "Will you call them?" "Sure." "Sure." "Don't go away!" "He's at Window 15, upper level." "Hurry." "You're in luck, mister." " Ticket?" " I'm just seeing some friends off." "I have to know their names." "Come here!" "I'm sorry." " I'm sorry." " My fault." "Sorry." "He went that way." "I think he got off." "All aboard!" " Thank you." " Quite all right." "Seven parking tickets." " Good evening, sir." "One?" " Please." "A cocktail before dinner?" " Yes, please." "A Gibson." " Right away." "Here we are again." "Yes." "You recommend anything?" "The brook trout." "A little "trouty" but quite good." "Sold." ""Brook trout."" " There you are." " Yes, sir." "I know." "I look vaguely familiar." "Yes." "You feel you've seen me somewhere before." "I have that effect on people." "It's something about my face." "It's a nice face." " You think so?" " I wouldn't say it if I didn't." "Oh, you're that type." "What type?" "Honest." "Not really." "Good." "Because honest women frighten me." "Why?" "Somehow they seem to put me at a disadvantage." " Because you're not honest with them?" " Exactly." "Like that business about the seven parking tickets?" "What I mean is, the moment I meet an attractive woman I have to start pretending I've no desire to make love to her." "What makes you think you have to conceal it?" "She might find the idea objectionable." "Then again, she might not." "Think how lucky I am to have been seated here." "Luck had nothing to do with it." "Fate?" "I tipped the steward $5 to seat you here if you should come in." "Is that a proposition?" "I never discuss love on an empty stomach." "You've already eaten." "But you haven't." "Don't you think it's time we were introduced?" "I'm Eve Kendall." "I'm 26 and unmarried." "Now you know everything." "What do you do besides lure men to their doom on the 20th Century Limited?" "I'm an industrial designer." "Jack Phillips." "Western sales manager for Kingby Electronics." "No, you're not." "You're Roger Thornhill of Madison Avenue and you're wanted for murder on every front page in America." "Don't be so modest." "Don't worry." " I won't say a word." " How come?" "I told you." "It's a nice face." "Is that the only reason?" "It's going to be a long night." "True." "I don't particularly like the book I've started." "You know what I mean?" "Let me think." "I know exactly what you mean." "That's my trademark." "R.O.T." "Roger O. Thornhill." "What does the "O" stand for?" "Nothing." "I'd invite you to my bedroom if I had a bedroom." "A roomette?" "Nothing, not even a ticket." "I've been playing hide-and-seek ever since the train left New York." "How awkward for you." "Yes, isn't it?" "No place to sleep." "I have a large drawing room all to myself." "That doesn't seem quite fair." "Drawing room E." "Car 3901." "Such a nice number." "It's easy to remember." "3901." "See?" "No luggage." "So?" "You wouldn't happen to have an extra pair of pajamas, would you?" "Wouldn't I?" "I wouldn't order any dessert if I were you." "I get the message." "That isn't exactly what I meant." "The train seems to be making an unscheduled stop." "I saw two men get out of a police car as we pulled into the station." "They weren't smiling." "You better go out and tell those police to hurry." "Patience is a virtue." "So is breathing." "Just lie still." "Have you got any olive oil?" "Olive oil?" "I want to be packed in olive oil if I'm going to be a sardine." "Come in." " Who are you?" " State Police." "Your name please?" "Eve Kendall." "Is anything wrong?" "There was a man at your table tonight in the dining car." "Yes." "Friend of yours?" "I never saw him before." "Is this the man?" "Yes, I think so." "It's not a very clear picture." "It's a Wirephoto." "We just got it from the New York police." "Police?" "He's wanted for murder." "Good heavens, no!" "The steward said you left the dining car together." "We might have happened to leave at the same time but not together." "What did you two talk about?" "Talk about?" "The waiter said you were getting along fine with this Thornhill." "Is that his name?" "Thornhill?" "He didn't tell you?" "He didn't tell me anything." "All we did was chat about different kinds of food train travel versus plane travel, that sort of thing." "Rather innocuous, I must say, considering he was a fugitive from justice." "Who did he kill?" "He didn't say where he was going?" "No." "I assumed Chicago." "Perhaps he got off when you got on?" "If you happen to see him again, Miss..." "Kendall." "...will you let us know?" "I'm going to bed and I'll lock my door." "I doubt if I'll see anybody else tonight." "In case you do, we'll be in the observation car at the rear of the train." "It's comforting to know that." "Good night." "Still breathing?" "Either hurry up or get me a snorkel." "I'm looking for the can opener I stole from the porter." "Hello, there." "Hello." "Tell me, why are you so good to me?" "Shall I climb up and tell you why?" "I've been thinking it's not safe for you to roam Chicago looking for this George Kaplan you've been telling me about." "You'll be picked up by the police the moment you show your face." "It's such a nice face, too." "Don't you think it'd be a better idea if you stayed in my hotel room while I located him for you and brought him to you?" "I can't let you get involved." "It's too dangerous." "I'm a big girl." "Yeah, and in all the right places, too." "You know, this is ridiculous." "You know that, don't you?" "Yes." "I mean, we've hardly met." "That's right." "How do I know you aren't a murderer?" "You don't." "Maybe you're planning to murder me, right here, tonight." "Shall I?" "Please do." "Beats flying, doesn't it?" "We should stop." "Immediately." "I ought to know more about you." "What more could you know?" "You're an advertising man, that's all I know." "That's right." "The train's a little unsteady." "Who isn't?" "What else do you know?" "You've got taste in clothes, taste in food..." "And taste in women." "I like your flavor." "You're very clever with words." "You can probably make them do anything for you." "Sell people things they don't need make women who don't know you fall in love with you." "I'm beginning to think I'm underpaid." "Look out." " Don't bother with the washroom." " Yes, ma'am." "By the way, I found this on the floor." "Does it belong to you?" "Yes, ma'am." "I've been looking for it." " I'll wait outside." " Thank you." "Thank you, Porter." "Thank you, ma'am." "Good night now." "Good night." "Come out, come out, wherever you are." "The porter." "So I see." "Where were we?" "Here." "Nice of him to have opened the bed." "Only one bed." "That's a good omen, don't you think?" "Wonderful." "Do you know what that means?" "What?" "Tell me." "It means you'll sleep on the floor." "A message from the lady in 3901." " You keep walking." "I'll catch up." " Yes, ma'am." "Anything to report?" "Yes." "I had a fine night's sleep." "I mean, have you seen the man we're looking for?" "Mr. Thornycroft?" "Thornhill." "No, no." "I'm awfully sorry." "But good luck to you both." " How are we doing?" " I may collapse at any moment." "Not yet." "First we have to run the gauntlet." "Look." "I'm accustomed to having a load on, but what have you got in these bags?" " Bowling balls, naturally." " Oh, naturally." "Which one of these has my suit in it?" "The small one underneath your right arm." "Thanks." "That ought to do the suit a lot of good." "I'm sure Mr. Kaplan won't mind a few wrinkles." "Yeah, if he's still there." "What time is it?" "9:10." "9:10!" "He may have left his hotel room by now." "I'll call him for you as soon as we get inside the station." "Thank you." "I can do it." "A redcap in a phone booth?" "Slightly suspicious." "All right." "Do you know what you'll tell him?" "You want to see him right away." "Terribly urgent." "Matter of life-and-death." " No explanations." " Right." "While I'm calling, you can change your clothes." "Where do you propose I do that?" "In Marshall Field's window?" "I sort of had the men's room in mind." "Did you, now?" "You're the smartest girl I ever spent the night with on a train." "I think we made it." "Where did he go?" " Which way did he go?" " Where did he go?" "I don't know." "He took my clothes." "He went up that way." "What took you so long?" "I have a big face." "Small razor." "Tell me, did you get Kaplan?" "Yes." "Fine." "What did he say?" "He'll see you but not at the hotel under any circumstances." " He'll see you on the outside." " Where?" "When?" " I've got it all written down for you." " Thanks." "Take the Greyhound bus that leaves Chicago for Indianapolis at 2:00 and ask the driver to let you off at Prairie Stop, Highway 41." "Prairie Stop, Highway 41." "Good." "It's about an hour-and-a-half's drive from Chicago." "Fine." "I'll rent a car." "No car." "Mr. Kaplan said bus." "He wants to be sure you're alone." "All right." "What'll I do when I get there?" "Just wait beside the road." "He'll be there at 3:30." " How will I know him?" " He'll know you." "You made the Chicago papers, too." "Have you set your watch for Central time?" "Yes, I did that." "Thanks." "What's the matter?" "Matter?" "Yes, you seem..." "I don't know." "You seem tense." "You better go before the police run out of redcaps." "We'll see each other again, won't we?" "Sometime, I'm sure." "I never had a moment to thank you properly." " Please go." " But where will I find you?" "I've got to pick up my bags now." "Yes." "These are the checks for the large cases." "Wait a minute." "Please." "They're coming." " Hot day." " I've seen worse." "Are you supposed to be meeting someone here?" "I'm waiting for the bus." "It's due any minute." "Some of them crop-duster pilots get rich if they live long enough." "Then your name isn't Kaplan?" "Can't say it is, 'cause it ain't." "Here she comes." "Right on time." " That's funny." " What?" "That plane's dusting crops where there ain't no crops." "Get out of here!" "The other tank may blow!" "What happened?" "Come back!" "Come back!" "Come back!" "Could you let me have Mr. George Kaplan's room number, please?" "Kaplan?" "I think he checked out." "Checked out?" "That's right." "He checked out at 7:10 this morning." "7:10?" "Are you sure?" "Yes." "He left a forwarding address." "Hotel Sheraton-Johnson, Rapid City, South Dakota." "7:10?" "Then how come I got a message from him at 9:00..." "What's that?" "Nothing." "Sorry to bother you again." "Miss Eve Kendall is expecting me." "She's in room four-something." "I've forgotten the number." "Would you mind?" " She's in 463." " Yes, that's right." "Thanks." "Hello." "Surprised?" "Yes." "No getting rid of me, is there?" "I could use a drink." "I have some scotch." "With water." "No ice." "How did it go today?" "The meeting with Kaplan?" "He didn't show up." "It's funny, isn't it?" "Why funny?" "After all those explicit directions he gave you on the phone." "Maybe I copied them down wrong." "I don't think you got them wrong." "I think you sent me to the right place." "Why don't you call him back again and see what happened?" "I did." "He checked out." "Went to South Dakota." "South Dakota?" "Rapid City." "What are you going to do next?" "I haven't made my mind up yet." "It may depend on you." "On me?" "Sure." "You're my little helper, aren't you?" "Thank you." "To us." "To a long and lasting friendship." "Meaning, from now on, I'm not going to let you out of my sight, sweetheart." " I'm afraid you'll have to." " Oh, no." "I do have plans of my own, you know." "And you do have problems." "Wouldn't it be nice if my problems and your plans were somehow connected?" "Then we could always stay close to each other and not have to go in separate directions." "Togetherness." "You know what I mean?" "Go ahead, it can't be for me." "No, not yet." "I'm not ready." "What time?" "I'll meet you." "What's the address?" "Yes." "Goodbye." "Business?" "Yes." "Industrial designing business?" "All work and no play." "You should be enjoying yourself tonight instead of taking phone calls from clients." "What about having dinner with me?" "You can't afford to be seen anyplace." "Let's have it up here." "Nice and cozy." "No, I..." "I can't." "I insist." "I want you to do a favor for me." " A big, big favor." " Name it." "I want you to leave right now." "Stay far away from me and don't come near me again." "We're not going to get involved." "Last night was last night and that's all there was." "That's all there is." "There won't be anything more between us." "So, please..." "Goodbye." "Good luck." "No conversation." "Just leave." "Right away?" "Yes." "No questions asked?" "Yes." "I can't do that." "Please." "After dinner." "Now." "After dinner." "Fair is fair." "All right." "On one condition." "That you let the hotel valet do something with this suit first." "You belong in the stockyards looking like that." "Okay." "There's the phone." "Valet service, please." " Where are we?" " 463." "Room 463." "How quickly can you get a suit sponged and pressed?" "Yes, fast." "20 minutes?" "Fine." "Okay. 463." "He'll be right up." "Better take your things off." "Now, what could a man do with his clothes off for 20 minutes?" "Couldn't he have taken an hour?" "You could always take a cold shower." "That's right." "When I was a little boy, I wouldn't even let my mother undress me." "You're a big boy now." "Tell me, how does a girl like you get to be a girl like you?" "Lucky, I guess." "Not lucky." "Naughty." "Wicked." "Up to no good." "Ever kill anyone?" "Because I bet you could tease a man to death without half trying." "So, stop trying." "Be with you in a minute." "Trousers, please." "Thank you." "Think I'll take that cold shower after all." "Good." "This magnificent pair of Louis XVI "fauteuils"." "Original gilt finish." "Upholstered in pure silk damask." "How much may I say to start?" "What am I bid?" " $100." " $100 is bid." "Thank you." "$150 is bid here." "Say to $200?" "Thank you. $200 is bid." "Say to $300?" "I have $300." "$400 by the little lady." "Thank you, sir." "$450 is bid for the pair." "Can I hear $500?" "Will you say $500?" "Can I say the $500?" "Fair warning and last call." "Sold to Mr. Stone, second row. $450." "Lot number 103." "This lovely Aubusson settee." "In excellent condition." "Please start the bidding." "How much?" "$800 is offered, thank you." "$800 is bid." "Say the nine?" "Go $900." "$900 is bid." "Now who'll say $1,000?" "$1,000, thank you." "$1,000 at $1,000." "Say $1,100." "Can I hear $1,100?" "Selling at $1,000." "The three of you together." "Now, that's a picture only Charles Addams could draw." "Good evening, Mr. Kaplan." "Before we start calling each other names, you'd better tell me yours." " I haven't had the pleasure." " You disappoint me, sir." "I was just going to say that to her." "I've always understood you were a shrewd fellow at your job." "What possessed you to come blundering in here like this?" "Could it be an overpowering interest in art?" "Yes." "The art of survival." "Have you poured any good drunks lately?" "He followed me here from the hotel." "He was in your room?" "Sure, isn't everybody?" "$150." "Thank you." "Now, say the two." "Do I hear two?" "$200, thank you." "Now the three." "Do I hear three?" "$300, anyone?" "$300." "Thank you." "Now, the four." "Do I hear four?" "$400, anyone?" "$400 is bid." "Say the five." "I have $400." "I didn't realize you were an art collector." "I thought you just collected corpses." "$500." "$500." "Thank you." "I'll bet you paid plenty for this little piece of sculpture." "$700." "She's worth every dollar of it, take it from me." "She puts her heart into her work." "In fact her whole body." "Sold to Mr. Vandamm at $700." "Oh, Mr. Vandamm." "Has anyone told you that you overplay your various roles rather severely?" "First, you're the outraged Madison Avenue man who claims he's been mistaken for someone else." "Then, you play the fugitive trying to clear his name of a crime he didn't commit." "Now you play the peevish lover stung by jealousy and betrayal." "It seems you fellows could stand less training from the FBI and more from the Actors' Studio." "Apparently, the only performance that will satisfy you is when I play dead." "Your very next role." "You'll be quite convincing, I assure you." "Thank you. $375 is bid." "I have $375, go to $400." "$375, go four?" "$400 is bid." "I wonder what subtle form of manslaughter is next on the program." "Am I to be dropped into a vat of molten steel and become part of a new skyscraper?" "Or are you going to ask this female to kiss me again and poison me to death?" "Who are you kidding?" "You have no feelings to hurt." "We've had just about enough of you." "Then, why don't you send for the police?" "That's the last thing you'd want, isn't it?" "Me in the hands of the police." "There's something I might tell them." "That's why you had her hustle me on the train last night." "Something tells me I've got a better chance of survival if I go to the police." "Good night, sweetheart." "Don't think it wasn't nice." "$1,200 there. $1,200 is bid." "Say $1,300?" "May I hear $1,300?" "They're selling at $1,200." "Do I hear $1,300, please?" "Last call." "Sold. $1,200." "Thank you." "Catalogue number 109." "This superb example of this early 17th century master." "It will enhance any collection of fine art." "What is your pleasure?" "How much to start?" "$1,000." "$1,000 is bid." "$1,250 I have." "Now $1,500." "$1,500 is bid." "Thank you." "$1,750?" "I have $1,750." "$2,000." "$2,000 is bid." "I have $2,000." "Do I hear $2,500?" "$2,500, anyone?" "$2,250 once." "$2,250 twice." "Last call." "$1,500." "But the bid is already up to $2,250, sir." "I still say $1,500." "I have $2,250." "Do I hear $2,500?" "$2,250 once, $2,250 twice." "$1,200." "Sold for $2,250." "And now... $2,250, for that chromo?" "Number 110 in the catalogue." "A Louis XV carved and gilded "lit de repos"." "Would somebody start the bidding at $750, please?" "How do we know it's not a fake?" "It looks like a fake." "One thing we know." "You're no fake." "You're a genuine idiot." "Thank you." "I wonder if I could ask the gentleman to get into the spirit of the proceedings." "All right." "I'll start it at $800." "$800." "Thank you." "$900?" "$1,000 is bid." "Go $1,200." "$1,100." "$1,100 is bid." "Thank you." "Go $1,200." "I have $1,100." "Go $1,200." "Who'll say $1,200?" "$1,100 once." "Who'll say $1,200?" "$1,100 twice." "$1,200." "Thank you." "$1,200 is bid." "I have $1,200." "Go $1,300." "Who'll say $1,300?" "$13." "You mean $1,300, sir." "No, I mean $13." "That's more than it's worth." "I have $1,200." "Go $1,300." "Who'll say $1,300?" "Who'll say $1,250?" "$1,200 once." "$1,200 twice." "Last call. $1,200." "$2,000." "$2,000?" "$2,100." "I'm sorry, but we can't..." "Make it $2,500." "Would the gentleman please cooperate?" "The last bid was $1,200." "$2,500." "My money is as good as anybody's." "I have..." " What was it?" " $1,200." "I have $1,200 once, $1,200 twice... $3,000." "Sold for $1,200." " I won't let you get away with that." " You'd better leave, sir." "Take your hands off me or I'll sue you." " What took you so long?" " Let's take a little walk." "Get moving." "I haven't finished bidding yet." "$3,000." "I bid $3,000." "I'm sorry, old man." "Too bad." "Keep trying." "Not so rough!" " Handle with care, fellas." " In there." " I'm valuable property." " In." "I want to thank you for saving my life." "Thank you, my friend." "Thank you." "Save it for the stationhouse." "Let's have some smiles and good cheer." "You're about to become heroes." "Don't you know who I am?" "We'll find out as soon as we book you for being drunk and disorderly." "That's chicken feed." "You've hit the jackpot." ""Chicago police capture United Nations killer."" "My name is Roger Thornhill." "Here." " It's him." " That's right." "Congratulations." "This is 1055." "Sergeant Flamm." "We've got a man here who answers to the description of Thornhill, Roger." "Code 76." "Wanted by NYPD." "Positive ID." "Absolutely." "No question." "Michigan Avenue." "Proceeding north to 42nd precinct." "What?" "Come again!" "Are you sure?" "Okay." "Right." "Yeah, I got it." "1055, off and clear." " Where are we going?" " The airport." " For what?" " Orders." "Airport?" "I'm not going to any airport." "I want to be taken to police headquarters." "You do, huh?" "Why do you think I sent for you?" "How about this guy?" "He sent for us!" "Sit back!" "Didn't you hear?" "I want to be taken to police headquarters." "I'm a dangerous assassin." "I'm a mad killer on the loose!" "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." "They said right here." "Does anyone mind if I sit down?" "I've been running all day." "Thought I'd never make it." "Getting too old for this kind of work." "All right, men." "Thank you." "This way, Mr. Thornhill." "We haven't got much time." "This way is more private." "I don't think I caught your name." "I don't think I pitched it." "You're police, aren't you?" "Or is it FBI?" "FBI, CIA, ONI." "We're all in the same alphabet soup." "You can stick this in your alphabet soup." "I had nothing to do with that killing." " We know that." " You know it?" "Then why did you let the police chase me all over the map?" "We never interfere with the police unless absolutely necessary." "It has become necessary." "Then, I take it I'm to be cleared." "I wish you'd walk faster, Mr. Thornhill." "We'll miss the plane." "Where are we going?" "New York or Washington?" "Rapid City, South Dakota." "Rapid City?" "What for?" "It's near Mt." "Rushmore." "No, thank you." "I've seen Mt." "Rushmore." "So has your friend Mr. Vandamm." "Vandamm?" "A rather formidable gentleman." "What about that treacherous little tramp with him?" "Miss Kendall?" "His mistress." "We know all about her." "Tell me, what's Vandamm up to?" "You could say he's a sort of importer-exporter." "Of what?" "Government secrets, perhaps." "Then why don't you grab him?" "There's still too much we don't know about his organization." "I see." "What's all this got to do with Mt." "Rushmore?" "Vandamm has a place near there." "We think it's his jumping-off point to leave the country tomorrow night." " Are you going to stop him?" " No." "Then why are we going there?" "To set his mind at ease about George Kaplan." "Oh, you, huh?" "You're George Kaplan, aren't you?" "There is no such person as George Kaplan." "What do you mean?" "I've been in his room." "I've tried on his clothes." "He's got short sleeves and dandruff!" "Believe me, he doesn't exist." "Which is why I'm going to have to ask you to go on being him for the next 24 hours." "Come on!" "We'll discuss it on the plane." "You started the decoy business without me, you finish it without me!" "We might have if you hadn't stumbled into it." "You should give me a medal and a vacation instead of asking me to be a target just so your special agent doesn't get shot at!" "Not shot at, Mr. Thornhill." "Found out." "Once found out they're as good as dead." "Thanks to you, clouds of suspicion are already forming." "Thanks to me?" "You listen to me." "I'm an advertising man, not a red herring!" "I've got a job, a secretary, a mother two ex-wives and several bartenders dependent upon me and I don't intend to disappoint them by getting killed!" "The answer is no." " Is that final?" " Yes." " Goodbye, then." " Goodbye." "If there was a chance of changing your mind I'd talk about Miss Kendall of whom you so obviously disapprove." "Yes, for using sex like some people use a fly swatter." "I suppose it doesn't matter to you that she was probably forced to do whatever she did to protect herself." "To protect herself from what?" "Exposure, assassination." "You see, Mr. Thornhill, she's..." "She's one of our agents." "Oh, no!" "I know you didn't mean it but I'm afraid you have put her in an extremely dangerous situation." "And much more than her life is at stake." "Suppose they don't come?" "They'll come." "I don't like the way Teddy Roosevelt is looking at me." "Perhaps he's trying to give you one last word of caution, Mr. Kaplan." ""Speak softly, and carry a big stick."" "He's trying to tell me not to go through with this harebrained scheme." "He doesn't know to what extent you are the cause of our present trouble." "I don't know that I care to accept that charge." "If you hadn't made yourself so attractive to Miss Kendall that she fell for you..." "And vice versa." "...our friend Vandamm wouldn't be losing faith in her loyalty now." "It was quite obvious to him last night that she had become emotionally involved." "Worst of all, with a man he thinks is a government agent." "Are you trying to tell me that I'm irresistible?" "I'm trying to remind you it's your responsibility to help us restore her to Vandamm's good graces until he leaves the country tonight." "All right, all right." "But, after tonight..." "My blessings on you both!" "Here they are!" "Good afternoon, Mr. Kaplan." "Not her!" "Did I misunderstand you about bringing her here?" "We'll get to that later." "I suppose you were surprised to get my call." "Not at all." "I knew the police would release you, Mr. Kaplan." "By the way, I want to compliment you on your colorful exit from the auction gallery." "Thank you." "And now what little drama are we here for today?" "I don't for a moment believe that you invited me to these gay surroundings to come to a business arrangement." "Suppose I tell you that I not only know when you're leaving the country tonight but the latitude and longitude of your rendezvous and your ultimate destination." "You wouldn't care to carry my bags, would you?" "Perhaps you'd be interested in the price, just the same." "The price?" "For doing nothing to stop you." "How much did you have in mind?" "I want the girl." "I want her to get what's coming to her." "Turn her over to me." "I'll see there's enough pinned on her to keep her uncomfortable for the rest of her life." "You do that, and I'll look the other way tonight." "She really did get under your skin." "We're not talking about my skin." "We're talking about yours." " I'm offering you a chance to save it." " To exchange it!" "Put it any way you like." "I'm curious, Mr. Kaplan." "What made you think that my feelings for her may have deteriorated to the point where I would trade her in for some peace of mind?" "I don't deduce." "I observe." "Phillip, if you don't mind, I'm going back to the house now." "Just a second, you." "Stay away from me!" "Let go!" "Let go of me!" "Stay away from me!" "Let go!" "Let go of me!" "Save the phony tears." "You just get back." "You little fool!" "You just stay away from me." "No good." "You can't get involved in this." " Don't touch anything." " Stand back." "Stand back." "Don't be long." "Hello." "Hello." "Are you all right?" "Yes, I think so." "I asked the Professor if I could see you again." "There's not much time." "Isn't there?" "I wanted to tell you..." "I mean, apologize." "No need." "I understand." "All in the line of duty." "I did treat you miserably." "I hated you for it." "I didn't want you to go on thinking..." "I used some pretty harsh words, I'm sorry." " They hurt deeply." " Naturally, if I'd known..." "I couldn't tell you." " Of course not." " Could I?" "No, I guess not." "You didn't get hurt." "I'm so relieved." "Of course I was." "How would you have felt?" "In the cafeteria, when you fell." "When I shot you with the blanks." "Oh, that." "No." "You did it rather well, I thought." "Yes, I thought I was quite graceful." "Considering it's not really your kind of work." "No, I got into it by accident." "What's your excuse?" "I met Phillip Vandamm at a party one night and saw only his charm." "I guess I had nothing to do that weekend so I decided to fall in love." "That's nice." "Eventually, the Professor and his Washington colleagues approached me with a few sordid details about Phillip and he told me that my relationship with him made me "uniquely valuable" to them." "So you became a Girl Scout?" "It was the first time anyone ever asked me to do anything worthwhile." "Has life been like that?" "How come?" "Men like you." "What's wrong with men like me?" "They don't believe in marriage." "I've been married twice." "See what I mean?" "I may go back to hating you." "It was more fun." "Goodbye, darling." "Wait." "Not so soon." "I must get back and convince them that I took the long way so nobody would follow me." "Couldn't we stand like this for just a few hours?" "Just this time you're supposed to be critically wounded!" "I never felt more alive." "Whose side are you on?" "Yours, always, darling." "Please don't undermine my resolve, just when I need it most." "I guess it's off to the hospital for me and back to danger for you." "I don't like it a bit." "It's much safer now, thanks to you, my darling decoy." "Don't thank me." "I couldn't stand it." "All right." "I won't." "After your malevolent friend Vandamm takes off tonight we'll get together and do a lot of apologizing to each other, in private." "You know that can't be." "Of course it can be!" "He has told you, hasn't he?" "Told me what?" "You've got to get moving." " What didn't you tell me?" " Why didn't you?" "She's going off with Vandamm tonight on the plane." "She's going off with Vandamm?" "That's why we went to such lengths to make her a fugitive from justice." "So that Vandamm couldn't decline to take her along." "I needn't tell you how valuable she can be to us over there." "You lied to me!" "You said that after tonight..." "I needed your help." "You got it, all right." "Don't be angry." " You think I'll let you go through with this?" " She has to." "Nobody has to do anything!" "I don't like the games you play!" "War is hell, Mr. Thornhill, even when it's a cold one." "If you can't lick the Vandamms of this world without asking girls to bed down and fly away with them and probably never come back perhaps you should learn how to lose a few cold wars." "We're already doing that." " I won't let you do this." "Get out." " Please don't spoil everything." "... shot Mr. Kaplan twice in full view of horrified men, women and children  who had come to the park to see the famed Mt." "Rushmore monument." "Witnesses described the assailant as an attractive blonde in her late twenties." "Kaplan, who was taken to the hospital in critical condition  has been tentatively identified as an employee of the federal government." "The tragedy developed with startling suddenness." "Chris Swenson, a busboy in the Mt." "Rushmore cafeteria  stated that he heard voices raised in..." "Here we are." "Slacks, a shirt and these." "Thanks." "That'll do for you around here for the next couple of days." "The next couple of days?" "Hey, what's this?" "That's where I hit the chair doing that phony fall in the cafeteria." "You and your dopey schemes." "Shooting." " Otherwise, feeling all right?" " Oh, yes." "Fine." "Considering your driver has a sledgehammer for a hand." "Yeah, I'm sorry about that." "That's all right." "I guess I deserved it." "I guess I deserve that locked door, too." "If you were seen wandering about healthy, it could prove fatal to Miss Kendall." " I've begun to forget her already." " Good." " Better that way." " Yeah, much." "Inside of an hour, she'll be gone." "How's everything out in Rapid City?" "Everything's fine." "Mr. Kaplan's untimely shooting has acquired the authority of the printed word." "Everyone's been cooperating beautifully." "Now you can include me." " I'm a cooperator." " I'm most grateful." " Care to do me a favor in return?" " Anything." "I'd like a drink." "Will you get me some bourbon?" "A pint will do." "Can I join you?" "If you're gonna join me, you better make it a quart." "See you in a few minutes." " Stop!" " Excuse me." "Stop." " Don't you want me to take you up there?" " No, thanks." "Never mind." "This is fine." " There's nothing to worry about." " I just lost my head." "I'm not just saying this to make you feel better." "I mean it." "I just didn't know what I was doing." "He wanted to destroy you." "You had to protect yourself." " But not endanger you!" " Rubbish." "Soon we'll be off together and I shall dedicate myself to your happiness." "What's the situation, Leonard?" " About the plane, you mean?" " Of course." "What was the last report?" "Over Whitestone on the hour." "6,000." "Descending." " About ten minutes?" " At the most." "And now..." "I wonder if I might have a few words of parting with you, sir?" "Certainly." "In private?" "I'll get my things." "How does one say goodbye to one's right arm?" "In your case, you'll wish you had cut it off sooner." "I know you're terribly fond of Miss Kendall..." "It couldn't have been anything." "You must've had some doubts about her yourself." "And still do." "Rubbish." "Why else would you've decided not to tell her that our little treasure here has a bellyful of microfilm?" "You seem to be trying to fill mine with rotten apples." "Sometimes the truth does taste like worms." "I've heard nothing but innuendoes." "Call it my "woman's intuition" if you will, but I've never trusted neatness." "Neatness is always the result of deliberate planning." "She shot him in a moment of fear and anger." "You were there, you saw it yourself." "Yes." "And thereby wrapped everything up into one very neat and tidy bundle." "A:" "She removed any doubts you may have had about her..." "What did you call it?" "Her "devotion"?" "B:" "She gave herself an urgent reason to be taken to the other side with you in case you decided to change your mind." "I think you're jealous." "No, I mean it." "I'm very touched." "Leonard!" "The gun she shot Kaplan with." "I found it in her luggage." "It's an old trick." "Shoot one of your own to show that you're not one of them." "They've just freshened it up a bit with blank cartridges." "What was that noise?" "Yes, we wondered what it was, too." "Didn't we, Leonard?" "Hurry down, darling." "It's time to leave." "In a moment." "You're not taking her on that plane with you?" "Of course I am." "Like our friends, I, too, believe in neatness, Leonard." "This matter is best disposed of from a great height over water." "How about a little champagne before we go?" "I'd love it." "It may not be cold enough." "On the rocks it'll be all right." "Are you sure?" "To you, my dear and all the lovely moments we've had together." "Thank you." "There he is." "Jump in, Leonard." "The champagne's fine." "There isn't time." "You always were a spoilsport, weren't you?" "One of my most valuable attributes as it now turns out." "It would please me if you'd think of me as being along on this journey if only in spirit." "I shall." "He's heading pretty far out on the north leg and awfully high." "I guess he's going to play it safe with a long, slow descent." "You couldn't ask for a better night than this." "Ceiling and possibilities unlimited." "There he goes, starting his turn." "We'd better get moving." "He should have his wheels on the ground inside of three minutes." " Come along, Eve." " All right." "I think I left my earrings upstairs." "I'll be right down." "We can go through the window." "There's a car downstairs!" "What are you doing?" "You'll ruin everything!" "They know about the fake shooting!" "They'll kill you!" "What?" "Leonard found the gun in your luggage!" "The figure they got at the auction is filled with microfilm!" "That's how he's been getting it." "Whatever you do, don't get on that plane!" "Don't worry, Anna." "Arrangements have been made." "You and your husband will be in Canada by morning." " Thank you very much, sir." " Be careful." "We will." "God bless you!" "Stay where you are!" "Sit down." "As soon as the plane leaves, my husband and Mr. Leonard will be back." "What is it?" "I was wondering about my earrings." "They'll turn up." "When you return to New York, say goodbye to my sister." "Thank her for her performance as Mrs. Townsend." "Tell your knife-throwing chum that I've reassured his wife." "That's all, Leonard." "Get that figure back!" "The housekeeper had me pinned down for five minutes before I realized it was that silly gun of yours." " I see you've got the pumpkin." " Yes." "This is no good." "We're on top of the monument." " What'll we do?" " Climb down." "We can't." "Here they come." "We have no choice." "If we ever get out of this alive let's go back to New York on the train together." "All right?" "Is that a proposition?" "It's a proposal, sweetie." "What happened to the first two marriages?" "My wives divorced me." "Why?" "I think they said I led too dull a life." "Come on." "Are you all right?" "Come on." "Help!" "Help me!" "Thank you, Sergeant." "That wasn't very sporting, using real bullets?" "Here, reach." "Now." "I'm trying." "Come on, I've got you." " Up!" " I can't make it!" "Yes, you can." "Come on." "Pull harder!" "Come along, Mrs. Thornhill." "Roger, this is silly." "I know, but I'm sentimental." "Subtitles conformed by SOFTITLER"