North by Northwest

When an executive producer is mistaken for a government agent he must flee from airplanes, irritable men, and an imposturous woman. The man pleads with several people of the incidents, but no one seems to buy his story, until he meets a team of American agents/spies. This case of mistaken identity dramatically alters his day, and future, possibly for the best.

North by Northwest movie cover

Roger O. Thornhill, the man who has been mistaken, was forced to drink a bottle of bourbon. He was then shoved into a vehicle on a downward hill slope, he victoriously survives the dangerous ride through nothing but luck. He was charged with drunk driving and had now damaged his records, and his relationship with his Mother. To make matters worse while in attempts of clearing his name, he witness a man get a knife to the back, and he being at the wrong place at the wrong time was charged with murder and wanted. To escape this he flees on a train where he meets Eve, who is secretly an agent, and not who she says. Thornhill still in attempts of cleaning this giant mess of a mistake, he follows clues to a rural highway. There at the highway one of the most famous scenes occurs, an armed crop-ducting plane swoops over his head and viciously begins attacking him. Thornhill somehow survives, once again, and finds new love and the proper identity.

Famous plane scene 

 

Thornhill is played by Cary Grant. His love interest with a back story is portrayed by Eva Marie Saint. Philip Vandamm a foreign spies and pretend art collector is portrayed by  James Mason.