North-northwest

Leola 2022-03-19 09:01:02

A masterpiece of Hitchcock, the master of the world's suspense film.

The film tells that the male protagonist Roger is an advertising businessman. Once in a bar, he was mistaken for a man named Kaplan and was taken to a mysterious manor by two killers. The owner of the manor is a man named Lester. He coerced Roger into telling how to obtain information. The confused Roger denied it, but Lester thought that he was lying, so he said that he was drunk and drove down. Ya accident. During the execution, Roger pushed the killer out of the car and was stopped by the police.

The police and the judge came to the mysterious manor he said and found that Leicester and others had disappeared. Mrs. Leicester also denied it, claiming that Leicester would give a speech at the UN office building.

Roger became curious about Kaplan. He returned to the bar and found that Kaplan lived here. He came to Kaplan's room and received a call from the killer. The killer confirmed that Roger was Kaplan through his voice. Roger hurriedly fled downstairs and went to the UN office building to find Leicester. However, Leicester in the UN office building was not the one he was looking for. Suddenly, Leicester was attacked and fell to the ground. Roger was photographed by reporters. Down, board the newspaper and become a fugitive.

It turned out that Kaplan was just a decoy made up by the FBI to lure Lester, whose real name is Vandan, in the mysterious manor. He is a betrayer of national intelligence and is preparing to flee abroad. Roger was just an innocent person who happened to be caught in the whirlpool. FBI staff learned that Roger was innocently victimized, and instead of defending Roger, he believed that a living bait was more conducive to catching Van Dan.

Roger escaped on the train and ran into a blonde girl named Eve. Eve did not report him, but instead dismissed the flight attendants and police for him. Roger had a good impression of him, and the two spent an unforgettable night. However, Eve is Vandan's wife, this is just a trap for Vandan.

Eve claimed to help Roger contact Kaplan. Roger came to the suburbs at the address given by Eve, but was attacked by a plane. With his agility, Roger caused the plane to hit the oil tanker on the side of the road and explode, and Roger escaped.

Roger returned to Kaplan’s hotel, but the front desk said Kaplan had checked out and left a note indicating his next destination. Occasionally, he saw Eve in the hotel. He came to Eve’s room. Eve was very happy to see that Roger was still alive, but she also asked Roger to leave her quickly and slipped out while Roger was taking a bath. Room.

Roger followed Eve to an auction house and found Eve was with Van Dan. Roger found that he had nowhere to escape, so he deliberately made trouble and was taken away by the police. The FBI police told him the truth and said that Eve was their intelligence agent, and only by him could Eve's life be saved.

Roger met with Vandan under the guidance of the FBI, and Vandan refused Roger's request to keep Eve. Roger grabbed Eve, and Eve shot Roger. However, the bullet in Eve's gun was hollow, and Roger was fine.

That night, Roger, who was thinking of Eve, came secretly to Van Dan’s villa. They heard Van Dan’s conversation with his assistant: The assistant found that Eve’s pistol contained empty bullets and showed Van Dan the fact that Eve had rebelled. So they discussed throwing Eve into the sea at high altitude. Roger came to the roof and explained everything to Eve through a matchbox. However, time was too late, Eve was taken away, and Roger was found by the housekeeper. But the butler’s gun was Eve’s gun. The gun contained empty bullets. Roger drove to the plane. Eve snatched the auction collection containing state secrets and fled with Roger.

The two were chased all the way by Vandan's killers, and they were finally trapped in President Hill. Roger pushed the killer down the cliff during the fight. When they were about to be pushed back down the cliff by another killer, the FBI appeared in time and killed the killer.

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North by Northwest quotes

  • Roger Thornhill: Then, then your name isn't Kaplan?

    Man at Prairie Crossing: Can't say it is, 'cause it ain't.

  • Roger Thornhill: Well, didn't you hear what I said? I want to be taken to police headquarters. I'm a dangerous assassin, I'm a mad killer on the loose!

    Sergeant Flamm - Chicago Policeman: You ought to be ashamed of yourself.