: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.
:41:00
If we make the slightest move to suggest
there's no such agent as George Kaplan...
:41:04
...give any hint to Vandamm he's pursuing
a decoy instead of our own agent...
:41:09
...then our agent, working right under
Vandamm's very nose...
:41:13
...will immediately face suspicion,
exposure...
:41:16
...and assassination.
:41:19
Like the two others who went before.
:41:21
Goodbye, Mr. Thornhill, wherever you are.
:41:33
Train number 25...
:41:36
...the 20th Century Limited...
:41:40
...due to leave in 6:00 p.m. for Chicago....
:41:49
Yes, dear. I know.
:41:51
Now, listen to me, Mother,
I called the Plaza.
:41:55
Kaplan checked out and went
to the Ambassador East in Chicago.
:41:58
That's why I'm--