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Saboteur [videorecording] / Universal Pictures Corp. ; Director, Alfred Hitchcock ; producer, Frank Lloyd ; screenplay, Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 28312 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentPublication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2006.Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1417058919
  • 9781417058914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director, Alfred Hitchcock ; producer, Frank Lloyd ; screenplay, Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker.
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Alma Kruger, Dorothy Peterson, Clem Bevans.Summary: Barry Kane is a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding confrontation, and remains a suspense classic.
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Aircraft plant worker Robert Cummings is accused of sabotaging his factory and causing the death of a co-worker. Actually, Cummings is the fall guy for a clever ring of Nazi spies, headed by above-suspicion American philanthropist Otto Kruger. Our hero goes on a cross-country chase after genuine saboteur Norman Lloyd, all the while pursued himself by the police. Along the way, he acquires a reluctant "travelling companion" in the form of Priscilla Lane, who at first despises Cummings and intends to turn him over to the authorities at the first opportunity, but who gradually comes to realize that the boy is innocent. Alfred Hitchcock intended Saboteur to be the American equivalent to his British The 39 Steps, employing such details as the solid-citizen villain, the handcuffed hero, the unwilling blonde heroine, and any number of stopovers with a variety of offbeat characters (a travelling "freak" show, a compassionate blind man, a grizzled old prospector who turns out to be one of the spies, etc.) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

"An Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece"--Container.

"Digitally remastered"--Container.

Originally issued as motion picture in 1942.

Special features include: Saboteur, a closer look; storyboards; sketches; photographs; production notes; theatrical trailer.

Director, Alfred Hitchcock ; producer, Frank Lloyd ; screenplay, Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker.

Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Alma Kruger, Dorothy Peterson, Clem Bevans.

Barry Kane is a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding confrontation, and remains a suspense classic.

MPAA rating: Rated PG.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.

English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.

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