North by Northwest (1959)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Mistaken for a spy, a Madison Avenue ad man is framed for murder at the United Nations and flees by train to Chicago, out to an empty Indiana highway and finally to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Oak Bar, Plaza Hotel≈ 00:03:00Plaza Hotel, New YorkStated on screen
Paged under the name George Kaplan, Thornhill is bundled into a car by two gunmen.
- 2Townsend estate≈ 00:08:00Glen Cove, New YorkStated on screen
Interrogated at a Long Island mansion, he is forced full of bourbon and sent on a deadly drunken drive, then returns with police and his mother to find no trace.
- 3General Assembly building≈ 00:33:00United Nations Headquarters, New YorkStated on screen
He tracks down Lester Townsend at the UN, where a thrown knife kills Townsend and leaves Thornhill holding the weapon.
- 4Grand Central Terminal, New York≈ 00:39:00Stated on screen
Wanted for murder, he slips onto the 20th Century Limited to Chicago without a ticket.
- 5LaSalle Street Station≈ 00:56:00Chicago, IllinoisStated on screen
Disguised as a redcap, he gets off the train with Eve, who passes on a meeting place from 'Kaplan'.
- 6Crop-duster field≈ 01:02:00Prairie Stop, Highway 41Stated on screenFictional
Waiting at an empty roadside stop, he is attacked by a crop-dusting plane that ends up crashing into a fuel truck.
- 7Ambassador East Hotel and auction house≈ 01:13:00Chicago, IllinoisStated on screen
- 8Visitor-centre cafeteria≈ 01:38:00Mount Rushmore, South DakotaStated on screen
- 9Vandamm's house≈ 01:52:00Stated on screenFictional
- 10On the presidents' faces≈ 02:05:00Mount Rushmore, South DakotaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,034 km
- Places
- 8
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 10
- Not shown: 1,308 km
- Plane: 1,307 km
- Train: 1,146 km
- Car: 168 km
- Bus: 104 km
- On foot: 1.1 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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