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Sabotage( 1937)

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… A bomb plot … A killing … Justice

Overview

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

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      Sylvia Sidney

      Mrs. Verloc

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      Oskar Homolka

      Karl Verloc - Her Husband

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      Desmond Tester

      Stevie - Her Young Brother

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      John Loder

      Ted

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      Joyce Barbour

      Renee

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      Matthew Boulton

      Superintendent Talbot

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      S. J. Warmington

      Hollingshead

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      William Dewhurst

      The Professor

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      Clare Greet

      Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

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      Aubrey Mather

      Greengrocer (uncredited)

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      Austin Trevor

      Monocle Man (uncredited)

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      Charles Hawtrey

      Studious Youngster (uncredited)

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      Martita Hunt

      The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)

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      Torin Thatcher

      Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)

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      Peter Bull

      Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)

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      Alfred Hitchcock

      Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Mar 28 2022
    Perhaps not one of Hitchcock's most prominent films, but it's a tense crime thriller telling the tale of a family of recent émigrés to Britain who are struggling to run their small London cinema. Oskar Homolka ("Mr. Verloc") falls foul of some criminals who offer to pay him for carrying out an act of sabotage. This doesn't quite cause the mayhem they desire so he is unwittingly, this time, involved a much more deadly action. Unbeknown to him, Scotland Yard are on to them and have planted a detective (John Loder) in the greengrocers who befriends the family. The plot unfolds slowly and tensely. ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • london, england
    • husband wife relationship
    • based on novel or book
    • bomb
    • black and white
    • sabotage
    • terrorist plot
    • brother sister relationship