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You must remember that, after failing to open the door with Swann's key from her purse, he leaves the building before he puts it all together and goes back for the carpet key. Had they had a spare key under the carpet, he would have immediately used it. And Tony and Margot had both said those were the only two keys.
Don't think he ever felt anything but desperation to find his wife. Remember, this is a faithful American hero, not a French one. Je crois que votre point d vue est un peu trop francais, Monsieur!
Brandt, It is not very likely that a courier looking to stiff them would leave all the identifying info (hotel, names, etc. since they knew where to call and come). Besides, it was obvious there was a luggage mix-up, so why not call and arrange a peaceful swap (by neutral messenger if they thought it was a trap)? The whole premise for the kidnapping and movie made absolutely no sense. And why take so long to deliver the "We got yer wife" message? They knew he'd probably be sending the case back the airline right away, so why not messenger over the instructions? Weak.
PRECISELY!! When it came out I thought I must have missed something, since the solution was so obvious. To do it without theft or kidnapping would have been so easy: they obviously had his wife's case from the locker, so knew it was a simple mix-up; they knew where to call, so just do a quick, non-violent swap: "Hi, we'll come on up with your case, OK". They didn't think to look for it? Further, given that it was likely the case would shortly be sent back to the airline, they were very lackadaisical about making demands on Harrison. A couple of missed calls. Send a letter by messenger, fergodsakes. I generally liked the pace and acting, but I HATE it when there is such a glaring fault in the very premise of the whole movie. Yet no one else was talking about this when I was walking out of the theater. I sometimes think that moder movie-makers just figure that we're so dumb that, if they make the plot fast and complicated enough, the audience is so dense that we'll either not catch it at all or figure that we must've missed or mistaken something important.