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Saboteur

  • 19421942
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
26K
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Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Saboteur (1942)
ThrillerWar
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
26K
YOUR RATING
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Peter Viertel(original screen play)
    • Joan Harrison(original screen play)
    • Dorothy Parker(original screen play)
  • Stars
    • Priscilla Lane
    • Robert Cummings
    • Otto Kruger
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Peter Viertel(original screen play)
    • Joan Harrison(original screen play)
    • Dorothy Parker(original screen play)
  • Stars
    • Priscilla Lane
    • Robert Cummings
    • Otto Kruger
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 183User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
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    Norman Lloyd in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, and Virgil Summers in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, and Virgil Summers in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings and Norman Lloyd in Saboteur (1942)
    Priscilla Lane and Norman Lloyd in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings and Otto Kruger in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings and Shadow in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings in Saboteur (1942)
    Priscilla Lane and Norman Lloyd in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Saboteur (1942)
    Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, and Anita Sharp-Bolster in Saboteur (1942)
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    Priscilla Lane
    Priscilla Lane
    • Patricia (Pat) Martin
    Robert Cummings
    Robert Cummings
    • Barry Kane
    Otto Kruger
    Otto Kruger
    • Charles Tobin
    Alan Baxter
    Alan Baxter
    • Freeman
    Clem Bevans
    Clem Bevans
    • Neilson
    Norman Lloyd
    Norman Lloyd
    • Frank Fry
    Alma Kruger
    Alma Kruger
    • Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
    Vaughan Glaser
    • Philip Martin aka Mr. Miller
    • (as Vaughan Glazer)
    Dorothy Peterson
    Dorothy Peterson
    • Mrs. Mason
    Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe
    • Robert
    Frances Carson
    Frances Carson
    • Society Woman
    Murray Alper
    Murray Alper
    • Truck Driver
    Kathryn Adams
    Kathryn Adams
    • Mrs. Brown -- Young Mother
    Pedro de Cordoba
    Pedro de Cordoba
    • Bones - Circus Troupe
    Billy Curtis
    Billy Curtis
    • Midget - Circus Troupe
    Marie LeDeaux
    • Fat Woman - Circus Troupe
    • (as Marie Le Deaux)
    Anita Sharp-Bolster
    Anita Sharp-Bolster
    • Lorelei - Circus Troupe
    • (as Anita Bolster)
    Jean Romer
    Jean Romer
    • Siamese Twin
    • (as Jeanne Romer)
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Peter Viertel(original screen play)
      • Joan Harrison(original screen play)
      • Dorothy Parker(original screen play)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Alfred Hitchcock's original cameo was cut by order of the censors. He and his secretary played deaf pedestrians. When Hitchcock's character made an apparently indecent proposal to her in sign language, she slapped his face. A more conventional cameo in front of a drugstore was substituted.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning, a soda-ash fire extinguisher is filled with gasoline. Soda-ash units are pressurized when they're turned upside down. This opens a stopper, releasing sulfuric acid into the water which is mixed with baking soda. This results in a large amount of carbon dioxide being generated, pressurizing the canister. Without this gas the gasoline would hardly come out.
    • Quotes

      Barry Kane: You can't get away with this, Tobin! Even if I don't stop you, there will be others that will. A man like you can't last in a country like this.

      Charles Tobin: Very pretty speech - youthful, passionate, idealistic. You see I've already sent for the police.

      Barry Kane: You can't bluff me. You're hooked and you know it.

      Charles Tobin: Must I remind you that *you* are the fugitive from justice and not I. I'm a promient citizen, widely respected. You are an obscure young workman, wanted for the committing of an extremely unpopular crime. Now which of us do you think the police will believe?

    • Crazy credits
      Rather than finishing with "The End", the word "Finis" appears. This is perhaps an allusion to the fall of France, which is referred to in Pat's conversation with Fry inside the Statue of Liberty.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Making of 'Psycho' (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Tonight We Love
      (uncredited)

      Music from "Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Music adapted by Freddy Martin and Ray Austin

      Lyrics by Bobby Worth

      Sung by the men in the car

    User reviews183

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    Pure Hitch
    This is one of the classic Hitchcock films. It's not really a great film but its classic Hitchcock all the same. It's got the cross- country chase, the interesting characters and situation along the way, the innocent hero and the blonde, the oily villain and his crazed henchman, the big ending, (North by Northeast?).

    I think it's a little weak that every nice person- save for the girl, instinctively knows Bob Cummings is innocent the moment they meet him. If you ran into a guy who is accused of torching a defense plant and his best friend with it, who you immediately decide that he's not so bad? Also the horrendous nature of the accusation would make the `It Happened One Night' type scenes that draw the hero and heroine together rather unlikely. The wartime patriotic speech at the end can certainly be forgiven. What movies in 1942 didn't have a speech like that?

    The big thing, of course is the ending. Sweet old Norman Lloyd in his younger days finds, as Ben Hecht said, that `he needs a new tailor.' It's a model for many similar scenes later. One wonders why there was no denouement. Lloyd tells Cummings that he will clear him and then dies. Is Cummings on his way to jail at the end? An earlier scene suggests that the police already on his side. Wouldn't it be better to make that unclear and then have a scene afterwards where we find out he's off the hook?
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    • schappe1
    • Nov 19, 2003

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    • Release date
      • April 24, 1942 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Border, USA
    • Production companies
      • Frank Lloyd Productions
      • Universal Pictures
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    • 1 hour 49 minutes
      • Black and White

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