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[Dan Goncharoff]

He doesn't. In fact, he goes out of his way to avoid the clock as
Thornhill walks from the payphones to the ticket counter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wV2N_binyo
DanG



On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

>
> I don't remember precisely if the clock is shown.  After Thornhill
> flees from the UN building, he attempts to buy a ticket for the 20th
> Century Limited.  The ticket seller stalls him, he becomes
> suspicious, and he walks off while the ticker seller is phoning the
> police.  Given that the scene must have taken place on the main
> concourse (IIR the terminal C), I have to believe Hitchcock would
> have introduced it by showing the iconic clock.
>
> Joel

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