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Monuments in Hitchcock movies
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Blackmail (1929): final chase through the British Museum
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Saboteur (1942): climax at the Statue of Liberty
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Strangers on a Train (1951): the villain stalks the hero
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955):
attempted assassination at the Royal Albert Hall |
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North by Northwest (1959): murder at the United Nations,
climax at Mount Rushmore |
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