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Sabotage (1936)

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Oskar Homolka plays a London movie-theatre owner who maintains a secret life as a paid terrorist. Homolka's wife Sylvia Sidney doesn't suspect Homolka of any wrongdoing, but she's picked up enough second-hand information about her husband's activities to arouse the interest of government agent (John Loder). Posing as a grocer, Loder moves next door to the Homolkas, befriending Sidney and her precocious young brother Desmond Tester. Sensing that he's being watched, Homolka sends Tester out to

R, 1 hr. 21 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock

Written By: Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, Alma Reville, Helen Simpson

In Theaters: Jan 11, 1937 Wide

On DVD: Oct 7, 2003

Scott Entertainment

Cast

Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Verloc
Oscar Homolka
Karl Verloc
Desmond Tester
Sylvia's Brother Steve
John Loder
Ted Spencer the police ...
Joyce Barbour
Renee
Matthew Boulton
The Superintendent Talb...
S.J. Warmington
Hollingshead
William Dewhurst
Professor
Sara Allgood
Frank Atkinson
Arnold Bell
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Hal Gordon
Clare Greet
Charles Hawtrey
Youth
Martita Hunt
Aubrey Mather
Contact
Frederick Piper
Torin Thatcher
Yunct
Austin Trevor
Vladimir
Sam Wilkinson
Peter Bull
Michaelis
Mike Johnson
Pamela Bevan
Albert Chevalier
Jack Vivian

Critic Reviews for Sabotage

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We won't tell you what happens. That would be to cheat Mr. Hitchcock of his just reward, but it is a warning what you may expect -- which, as is the way of all Hitchcock melodramas, is the unexpected.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Frank S. Nugent

New York Times

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Early Hitchcock soundie still stylish, still grabs

October 23, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Perhaps the best of the thrillers Alfred Hitchcock made in Britain before coming to the States.

December 6, 2003 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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For some reason, this seems to be one early Hitchcock film that is either underrated or overlooked period. That's a real shame in both instances, because this is one that is really quite something, and deserves a lot more attention and respect. A sleeper agent terrorist sets off a bomb in London on a bus. His wife is

September 19, 2007

Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

Not one of Hitchcock's best, but still an entertaining and thrilling ride. I recommend this to any Hitchcock fan. It has a lot the same elements that make his later films unforgettable, only this film doesn't capitalize on them.

April 22, 2011