:39:00
"...and in his defense he charged
that the murder victim, Mr. Townsend...
:39:03
"...had tried to kill him the night before."
:39:06
Brother!
:39:07
What about that?
:39:10
Does anyone know this Thornhill?
:39:13
No, not me.
:39:14
Never heard of him.
:39:16
Professor?
:39:17
Apparently, the poor sucker got mistaken
for George Kaplan.
:39:21
How could he be mistaken for
George Kaplan when he doesn't even exist?
:39:24
Don't ask me how it happened,
but obviously it happened.
:39:28
Vandamm's men must have grabbed him
and tried to put him away...
:39:32
...using Lester Townsend's house.
:39:34
And the unsuspecting Townsend winds up
with a stray knife in his back.
:39:38
C'est la guerre.
:39:40
It's so horribly sad.
Why is it I feel like laughing?
:39:43
What are we going to do?
:39:44
Do?
:39:46
About Mr. Thornhill?
:39:48
We...do nothing!
:39:52
Nothing?
:39:53
That's right. Nothing.
:39:55
We could congratulate ourselves
on a marvelous stroke of good fortune.
:40:00
Our non-existent decoy, George Kaplan,
created to divert suspicion...
:40:04
...from our actual agent,
has fortuitously become a live decoy.
:40:08
Yes, Professor.
:40:10
How long do you think he'll stay alive?
:40:13
That's his problem.
:40:15
What Mrs. Finley means--
:40:17
I know what she means.
:40:18
We can't sit back calmly and wait to see
who kills him first!
:40:22
Vandamm and company or the police?
:40:25
What can we do to save him
without endangering our own agent?
:40:29
Aren't we being just a wee bit callous?
:40:32
No, my dear woman,
we're not being callous.
:40:35
We didn't invent our non-existent man
and give him the name of George Kaplan...
:40:39
...establish elaborate behavior patterns
for him...
:40:42
...move his prop belongings in and out
of hotel rooms, for our private amusement.
:40:47
We created George Kaplan...
:40:49
...and labored successfully
to convince Vandamm...
:40:52
...that this was our agent hot on his trail
for a desperately important reason.
:40:57
Nobody's denying that!
:40:58
Very well, then.