Saboteur
(1942)
Overview
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
Peter Viertel, Dorothy Parker, Joan Harrison, Alfred Hitchcock
Top Billed
Robert Cummings
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Top Billed Cast
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Reviews
John Chard
⭐ 8/10September 2, 2019
North By Northwest's parent movie.
This is one that I actually feel deserves a higher rating on internet sites, is it fair to say that this film can be called the black & white North By Northwest? since thematically it's the same so it is something of a forerunner to that great film. Simplistic plot of innocent man on the run trying to find the real culprit after he is blamed for a fire that killed his best friend. Whilst on the run he meets a…
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 6/10June 26, 2022
A rather run-of-the-mill espionage thriller, this one, with Robert Cummings wrongly accused of complicity in a fire that destroys a large part of an aircraft construction factory. He manages to avoid the police long enough to travel the breadth of the United States on the trail of a group of wealthy, powerful, fifth columnists. Priscilla Lane is the initially sceptical sidekick as they try to ensnare Otto Kruger and his network of traitors. Unfor… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$780,000
Revenue
$1,250,000