Sunday, 4 January 2015

Saboteur (1942 Alfred Hitchcock)

Didn't spot Hitch in familiar wrong man on the run story in which Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane receive help from unusual people, such as a bored truck driver and a troupe of circus freaks. Otto Kruger is rather good as a smiley villain, so is Norman Lloyd as the bomber, who meets his end in a terrifying finale on the Statue of Liberty (without music), featuring a great stunt as he goes over the edge. This all became our next film, North by Northwest.

Joseph Valentine does some lovely long shots - such as a scene where Cummings finds himself having to praise the hostess at a posh party.

It was well overdue.

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