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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192831225
Format: Black & White, Dolby, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 20, 2006
Running Time: 109 minutes
Sales Rank: 10816
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: April 24, 1942
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This riveting wartime thriller stars Robert Cummings as Barry Kane, a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York’s Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock’s first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding confrontation and it remains a suspense classic.
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Robert Cummings stars as Barry Kane, a patriotic munitions worker who is falsely accused of sabotage, in this wartime thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. Plastered across the front page of every newspaper and hated by the nation, Kane's only hope of clearing his name is to find the real villain. If this sounds a bit like Hitchcock's later North by Northwest, it is. There are interesting echoes throughout, including a heart-stopping sequence on top of a national monument. But the most interesting thing about Saboteur is the frequency with which characters demonstrate their willingness to obstruct the police, going on nothing more than the fact that Kane seems like a stand-up guy. They do, again and again, apparently just because good people can spot other good people. Saboteur was made during the thick of World War II, so there are a few passages of heavy-handed jingoism to get through but they're relatively painless. The script as a whole is a clever one--Algonquin wit Dorothy Parker shares a screenwriting credit, and her trademark zingers make for a terrific mix of humor and suspense. Saboteur is a pleasure whether you're a die-hard Hitchcock fan or just someone who likes a good nail-biter. --Ali Davis
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Saboteur might be less than prime Hitchcock, but it has its moments; in fact, quite a few of them, in my opinion. Where it falls apart, however, is in an essential part of any movie...the leads, including the villain. Hitchcock usually was able to come up with interesting villains. Just think of James Mason, Robert Walker, Joseph Cotton, the never seen Rebecca, Paul Lukas, Ray Milland, Herbert Marshall or Claude Raines. In his best films, if he didn't have a charismatic villain he had such charismatic ... Read More
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As a harbinger to "North By Northwest", Alfred Hitchcock devised a brilliant, crisp ending to "Saboteur" by setting up a confrontation between good and evil atop the Statue of Liberty. True to form, the director excels at these last-minute flights downward and "Saboteur" is no exception. It's a Hitchcock classic.
Nicely cast with an impressive young Robert Cummings as the lead, "Saboteur" is a terrific look into America in the early days of the Second World War. Wrongly accused of arson and ... Read More
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alfred hitchcock may be considered the king of directors but surely his name will sparkle for years to come.hitchcock's direction has given us the most original camera angles to date with his pull back to close ups a style that can never be repeated.one of his great works is saboteur released in 1942 starring priscilla lane,robert cummings,norman lloyd(mr. lloyd also in later years worked as producer and director for alfred hitchcock's presents tv shows in the 1950's),otto kruger.an intense spy thriller that ... Read More
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I enjoyed this film a great deal. However, it depends what you are comparing it against. Hitchcock scholars regard it is as a lesser work of the master. They find its wide ranging geography make the films and plot somewhat disjointed. They see direct borrowings from "The 39 Steps", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "Sabotage", "The Ring and Murder!" and have a variety of other criticisms from writing to casting. Hitchcock himself said that he felt the film was too cluttered. But all this is comparing it against ... Read More
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Scripted by the inimitable Dorothy Parker, Hitchcock's nerve-rattling wartime thriller takes a favorite theme--the wrongly accused man-- and gives it a strong, seditious twist. Terrific acting and a breakneck pace make this one of Hitch's most suspenseful movies, right up there with "North by Northwest" or "The 39 Steps." The cast is great, and the locations are used to brilliant effect. Kane's climactic scramble up the Statue of Liberty, a scene as tense and dramatic on repeated viewings as it is the first time ... Read More
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