Laurie raced through woods o Eagle Road, where she flagged down a passing motorist, but after she was helped into the passenger seat, the driver was grabbed by Michael and smashed head-first into the windshield(# 18 death).It is the typical Hitchcockian story of an average, innocent, ordinary man who is framed by circumstantial evidence and thrust against his will into an extraordinary situation hat he doesn""t understand.Plot SynopsisVery Early Tuesday Morning, September 13, 1966: 12:35 amThe opening title credits played above a nighttime scene - the arrival of a Gulf, Mobile & Ohio passenger train into a small town""s station (the town was identified by a welcome sign as Sparta, Mississippi), accompanied by Ray Charles"" rendition of the title song:In the heat of the night, seems like a cold sweat creepin"" cross my brow, yeah." In the security room of Ambrose""s compound, no bugs or transmissions were detected on Nyah: "She""s clean.Kaplan"" and fully adopting the identity of the fabled man.After Townsend is paged at UNIPO, Roger is introduced to Lester Townsend (Philip Ober) in the public lounge, the Mr.