Alfred Hitchcock, the master of intrigue, has set some of his most memorable scenes on a train: Shadow of a Doubt, Number Seventeen, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest prove that the limitations and intimacy imposed on characters by train travel, add a particular dimension to thrill and romance.
In North by Northwest the epitome of sexiness is reached on the first encounter between Eve Kendall ( Eve Marie Saint) and Roger Thornhill ( Cary Grant ) in a train's dining car:
Roger Thornhill: The moment I meet an attractive woman, I have to start pretending I have no desire to make love to her.
Eve Kendall: What makes you think you have to conceal it?
Roger Thornhill: She might find the idea objectionable.
Eve Kendall: Then again, she might not.
Eve Kendall: What makes you think you have to conceal it?
Roger Thornhill: She might find the idea objectionable.
Eve Kendall: Then again, she might not.
Guy accidentally leaves his cigarette lighter behind, a gift from his soon to be wife Anne, Bruno promptly pockets it.
A fatal act that will later tie the two men until the end...
A fatal act that will later tie the two men until the end...
