PRISCILLA LANE   ROBERT CUMMINGS   OTTO KRUGER   

ALAN BAXTER   CLEM BEVANS   AND   IAN WOLFE  

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An Alfred Hitchcock film

SABOTEUR

DVD - Region 4 - PAL - NEW - Never played!! - PG-rated - Black-and-White - 1942-release - 104-minutes - Spy, Thriller, War - Original DVD release in Australia

 

Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. 

Following leads, he travels across the country to New York City trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. 

Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. 

They finally catch up with Frank Fry, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory.

You can't help but marvel at Hitchcock's early work. 

"Saboteur," for example, is so slick and quick that it's hard to believe he made this film over 60 years ago. 

There's some propaganda elements but they're woven into the mystery so well that the thing plays beautifully years later.

 You also get some previews of stuff that Hitchcock would do later - like using a national landmark as a backdrop. 

This time it's the Statue of Liberty. 

In "North by Northwest," of course, it's Mt. Rushmore. 

You'll also recognize things that pop up later in "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" in "Saboteur" but let's not give away the show. 

Robert Cummings is excellent as is the oh-so-charming Otto Kruger. 

Look for Hitchcock's mini-western in this one. It happens quickly so don't blink.