Sabotage
1936 · Movie · Approved · 77 min · ★ 6.7 · 89% critics
In a quiet London suburb, a couple who runs a small cinema appear to live happily, but a secret puts their relationship under strain. As Scotland Yard investigates, their teenage brother becomes dangerously entangled in a threat connected to foreign sabotage.
Based on The Secret Agent
Also known as The Woman Alone · The Hidden Power · I Married a Murderer
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Details
- Years
- 1936
- Release date
- 1937-01-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (367 votes)
About
If you enjoy Hitchcock-style suspense and tense espionage intrigue like Blackmail and Foreign Correspondent, you may like Sabotage; Not for you if you dislike dark, somber stories or slow-building tension.
Pros: masterful suspense; tense crime intrigue; memorable set-piece | Cons: slow start for some; pacing issues; dark, somber mood
Themes
- london, england
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- bomb
- black and white
- sabotage
- terrorist plot
- brother sister relationship
Cast & crew
Sylvia Sidney
as Mrs. Verloc
Oskar Homolka
as Karl Verloc - Her Husband
Desmond Tester
as Stevie - Her Young Brother
John Loder
as Ted
Joyce Barbour
as Renee
Matthew Boulton
as Superintendent Talbot
S. J. Warmington
as Hollingshead
William Dewhurst
as The Professor
Clare Greet
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather
as Greengrocer (uncredited)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock