Thornhill is interrogated by a spy who later stages Thornhill's death as a drunken driven accident.
Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for another man and kidnapped by an advertising executive. Thornhill is interrogated by a spy who later stages Thornhill's death as a drunken driven accident. Thornhill survives but is swiftly arrested by police. A government agency later realizes that Thornhill was mistaken for someone they had been targeting but decides not to rectify their mistake or risk their ongoing operation.