Their next task was to go to the subway station at 72nd Street and Broadway, where they would receive further instructions on a payphone there in 15 minutes.The story is poignantly and sentimentally told from the eyes of a six year old tom-boy - Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (9 year-old Mary Badham in her film debut).Both targeted a stuffed owl hanging on the wall with identical shots, and they were forced to propose together: "Ain""t nothin"" to do now - - but pop it together!" They both retreated to a back room to prepare to look their best.The allusion to traveling ""North"" by Northwest (airlines) seems to be the most probable explanation for he film""s title.] While ordering his "usual" lunch (a jumbo hot dog), he cooly asks the counter-server Jaffe (Woodrow Parfrey) about the tan Ford parked across the street in front of the bank.