North By Northwest (1959) Body Count Breakdown by Kooshmeister
[CHARACTER KILLS]
Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant): 1
Valerian (Adam Williams): 1
[CORPSE BREAKDOWN]
United Nations: 1
-Valerian kills the real Lester Townsend by flinging a knife into his back
Crop-Dusted: 2
-A biplane attempting to strafe Roger crashes into a fuel tanker, killing the pilot and gunner
Mt. Rushmore: 2
-Roger shoves Valerian off of a cliff
-Leonard is shot by a police sergeant and falls to his death
[THE FINAL TALLY = 05]
NOTE: In the script, the gunner in the biplane was Licht, Vandamm’s third goon, however any shots depicting actor Robert Ellenstein in the role were either never filmed or filmed and then removed, as the plane’s gunner is completely anonymous.