Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint)’s Timeline and Summary

Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Eve meets Thornhill on the train headed from New York to Chicago and helps him hide from police.
  • Eve goes so far as to hide Thornhill in her compartment.
  • She sends him to The Middle of Nowhere, Indiana, where he's attacked by a crop-dusting plane.
  • When he shows up alive in her hotel room, Eve clearly feels guilty but warns Thornhill to stay away.
  • Eve is in danger when Vandamm starts to suspect that she's lying to protect Thornhill.
  • Eve shoots Thornhill as a way to preserve her cover and regain Vandamm's trust.
  • Thornhill warns her that, after Leonard's revelations to Vandamm, the bad guys are on to her.
  • She knows this means she can't get on the plane leaving the US with Vandamm as planned.
  • Eve grabs the statuette with government secrets out of Vandamm's hands.
  • Roger rescues her from death on Mount Rushmore as they climb all over the monument to escape Vandamm.
  • One second she's hanging off the cliff face, and the next she's being pulled up in the train berth by a grinning Thornhill.
  • She's Mrs. Thornhill now.