Saboteur (1942)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Peter Viertel (original screenplay) &
Joan Harrison (original screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

24 April 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller | War

Tagline:

3000 miles of terror!

Plot:

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane goes on the run across the United States when he is wrongly accused of starting a fire that killed his best friend.

Plot Keywords:

Factory | Sabotage | Fire | On The Run | Police

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14

8:00 PM

TCM

Cast

Priscilla Lane	...	Patricia 'Pat' Martin
Robert Cummings	...	Barry Kane
Otto Kruger	...	Charles Tobin
Alan Baxter	...	Freeman
Clem Bevans	...	Neilson
Norman Lloyd	...	Frank Fry
Alma Kruger	...	Mrs. Sutton
Vaughan Glaser	...	Phillip Martin (as Vaughan Glazer)
Dorothy Peterson	...	Mrs. Mason
Ian Wolfe	...	Robert
Frances Carson	...	Society Woman
Murray Alper	...	Truck Driver
Kathryn Adams	...	Young Mother
Pedro de Cordoba	...	Bones - Circus Troupe
Billy Curtis	...	Midget - Circus Troupe
Marie LeDeaux	...	Fat Woman - Circus Troupe (as Marie Le Deaux)
Anita Sharp-Bolster	...	Lorelei - Circus Troupe (as Anita Bolster)
Jean Romer	...	Siamese Twin (as Jeanne Romer)
Lynne Romer	...	Siamese Twin (as Lynn Romer)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hardie Albright	...	Detective (uncredited)
Oliver Blake	...	Deputy Sheriff-Driver (uncredited)
Al Bridge	...	Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns	...	Farmer (uncredited)
Don Cadell	...	FBI man (uncredited)
James Carlisle	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham	...	Detective outside movie theater (uncredited)
Hans Conried	...	Edward (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps	...	Man in movie audience (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Helen Dickson	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn	...	FBI agent at Mason's house (uncredited)
John Eldredge	...	Footman (uncredited)
Paul Everton	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty	...	George, Elevator Operator (uncredited)
James Flavin	...	Motorcycle cop (voice) (uncredited)
Eddie Foster	...	Driver for saboteurs (uncredited)
Jack Gardner	...	Pat's taxi driver (uncredited)
Eugene Gericke	...	Plant worker (uncredited)
Art Gilmore	...	Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Gus Glassmire	...	Mr. Pearl (uncredited)
William Gould	...	Stranger on sidewalk (uncredited)
Charles Halton	...	Second Sheriff (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Margaret Hayes	...	Henry's Wife in movie (uncredited)
Vinton Hayworth	...	Will - Other man in the movie (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Man in front of NY drugstore (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson	...	FBI Chief (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee	...	Man killed in movie theater (uncredited)
Rex Lease	...	Plant cafeteria worker (uncredited)
Will Lee	...	Rogers (uncredited)
Alexander Lockwood	...	Marine (uncredited)
Nancy Loring	...	Young mother (uncredited)
Lou Lubin	...	Man (uncredited)
Jimmie Lucas	...	Taxi driver (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe	...	Man in newsreel truck (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard	...	Cowhand (uncredited)
Frank McClure	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Margaret Ann McLaughlin	...	Baby Susie Brown (uncredited)
Dick Midgley	...	FBI agent (uncredited)
Harold Miller	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Belle Mitchell	...	Adele, Tobin's maid (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum	...	Passerby (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Margaret Moffatt	...	Mrs. Moore, Neighbor (uncredited)
Henry Norton	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Gene O'Donnell	...	Jitterbug (uncredited)
George Offerman Jr.	...	Plant worker (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn	...	Counterman at Statue of Liberty (uncredited)
Emory Parnell	...	Henry, Husband in movie (uncredited)
Ruth Peterson	...	Society woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps	...	Plant security officer (uncredited)
Paul Phillips	...	Driver (uncredited)
Louis Quince	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Cyril Ring	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
William Ruhl	...	Deputy marshal (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Shadow	...	Dog (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock	...	Barry's taxi driver (uncredited)
Harry Strang	...	Motorcycle highway patrolman (uncredited)
Virgil Summers	...	Kenneth "Ken" Mason (uncredited)
Jean Trent	...	Blonde aircraft worker (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell	...	Motorcycle cop (voice) (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel	...	FBI assistant - phone operator (uncredited)
Claire Whitney	...	Wife in movie audience (uncredited)
Matt Willis	...	First Sheriff (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood	...	Farmer's wife (uncredited)
Will Wright	...	J.C. Lormans, Company official (uncredited)
Barton Yarborough	...	First FBI man at Mason's house (uncredited)
Duke York	...	Deputy sheriff (uncredited)

Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock

Writing credits
Peter Viertel		(original screenplay) &
Joan Harrison		(original screenplay) &
Dorothy Parker		(original screenplay)
Alfred Hitchcock		(story) uncredited

Produced by
Frank Lloyd	....	producer
Jack H. Skirball	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Frank Skinner

Cinematography by
Joseph A. Valentine		(director of photography) (as Joseph Valentine)

Film Editing by
Otto Ludwig
Edward Curtiss		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Jack Otterson

Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman		(as R.A. Gausman)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Frank	....	assistant director
Vernon Keays	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert F. Boyle	....	associate art director (as Robert Boyle)
Dorothea Holt	....	illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown	....	sound director
William Hedgcock	....	sound technician

Special Effects by
John P. Fulton	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Russell Saunders	....	stunt double: Robert Cummings (uncredited)
David Sharpe	....	stunt double: Robert Cummings Horse Riding/Norman Lloyd at the Statue of Liberty (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James V. King	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Virgil Summers	....	best boy (uncredited)
Charles Van Enger	....	cinematographer: second unit (uncredited)

Music Department
Charles Previn	....	musical director

Other crew
Adele Cannon	....	set continuity

Production Companies

• Frank Lloyd Productions (for)
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1942) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmes Alcântara (1945) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Realart Pictures (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Universal Films (1949) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Films (1949) (France) (theatrical) (16 mm)
• MCA Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2001) (Germany) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Universal Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (Brazil) (DVD)

Other Companies

• David O. Selznick Productions Inc.  Alfred Hitchcock through the courtesy of

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

France:U | USA:Approved (certificate no. 8268) | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:16 | Ireland:PG | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Frank Lloyd Productions

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Alfred Hitchcock]A man visiting the newsstand in front of the drug store where Barry Kane is taken upon arriving in New York City.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Fry orders the taxi to go downtown from midtown Manhattan, but on the way they pass by the sunken ship on their right which is supposed to be in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Brooklyn is to the east of Manhattan so it's impossible to see the ship on their right.

Quotes:

Mr. Freeman: The most important thing is to make sure of everyone around us.
Charles Tobin: Mr. Kane?
Mr. Freeman: I'm just not sure. I want to know that he's all right.
Charles Tobin: All right? What an understatement. He's much more than that! He's noble and fine and pure... So he pays the penalty that the noble must pay in this world: he's misjudged by everyone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Three Men and a Comic Book (#2.21)" (1991)

Soundtrack:

Tonight We Love

Superb

Every Hitchcock movie is worth watching. DVD review.

A falsely accused man (Cummings) goes on the run to find the real villain.

Superb chase movie that still holds up. Showing more verve and imagination than any present-day director, Hitchcock uses amazing locations as settings for the scenes: the Statue of Liberty, a caravan of bizarre circus people, a blind man's home, the factory with the fire, the rural roadway, and the classic ballroom. There's more suspense in this movie than in all of those crummy Ben Affleck thrillers. Not to be confused with another Hitchcock movie called Sabotage.

Sabotuer is definitely one to look out for.