an entertaining first draft for north by northwest and saboteur have some wonderful hitchcockian moment ( one of the best occurs at a table and when the hero be ask by a woman who hasn not yet see that he wear handcuff and to give her a plate while try to do that and he also drop a knife to the floor and expose himself even more . ) but suffers from a poorly choose lead ( whether he deliver patriotic speech and romance priscilla lane and make joke or try to look worried and robert cummings be wooden ) and and from a lack of really distinct villain ( oh and there be villain and many of them and but hardly anyone have enough screen time ) . ( ) .