Saboteur
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Movie Reviews of Saboteur
Movie Review: ALFRED HITCHCOCK AT IT'S BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
alfred hitchcock may be considered the king of directors but surely his name will sparkle for years to come.hitchcock's direction has given us the most original camera angles to date with his pull back to close ups a style that can never be repeated.one of his great works is saboteur released in 1942 starring priscilla lane,robert cummings,norman lloyd(mr. lloyd also in later years worked as producer and director for alfred hitchcock's presents tv shows in the 1950's),otto kruger.an intense spy thriller that takes a chase from los angeles to new york city.a superb work of thrills.this universal print is a crystal clean print and in glorious black and white.the sound is excellent as well.this is one of hitchcocks greatest adventure films and one of the best in the 1940's well worth adding to hitchcocks films.any collection of adventure or hithcock films would be incomplete without saboteur......Movie Review: Saboteur
Summary: 5 Stars
Scripted by the inimitable Dorothy Parker, Hitchcock's nerve-rattling wartime thriller takes a favorite theme--the wrongly accused man-- and gives it a strong, seditious twist. Terrific acting and a breakneck pace make this one of Hitch's most suspenseful movies, right up there with "North by Northwest" or "The 39 Steps." The cast is great, and the locations are used to brilliant effect. Kane's climactic scramble up the Statue of Liberty, a scene as tense and dramatic on repeated viewings as it is the first time around, is "Saboteur" 's unforgettable piece de resistance.Movie Review: Top notch Spy Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Top Notch Alfred Hitchcock Classic from the World War Two area revolving a defense mill worker, Robert Cummings, who is mistakenly charged with sabotage and murder which was done by a Nazi sleeper cell. Throughout the movie, Cummings is pursued by the law while he tries to find the culprit who is responsible for the evil deed. Suspense, humor, and great chase scenes with the movie climaxing on top of the Statue of Liberty.
No Alfred Hitchcock movie could be complete without this movie in one's collection.
Movie Review: Good but less than top-flight Hitchcock
Summary: 4 Stars
"Tonight we love, while the moon beams down in dream light tonight."
Lovely tune, one which takes its melody from a classical composition, as that stuffy English actor John Williams informed viewers in one of those commercials for multi-disc music collections so prominent on late night television in the late '60s and early '70s.
In Alfred Hitchcock's "Saboteur," the song is incongruously performed by two spies as they drive suspected saboteur Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) and nerdily sinister Mr. Freeman (Alan Baxter) to New York, the setting for an exciting fast-paced climax. Only moments earlier, Baxter mentions having had golden curls as a child ("Everyone would stop in the street to admire me.")
It's weird touches like these that make "Saboteur" a memorable example of good but less than top-flight Hitchcock. The 1942 film, the first that the Master of Suspense made for Universal (where he would produce and direct his last six films), is best known for the scene atop the Statue of Liberty where Kane faces off against Frank Fry (Norman Lloyd), the man responsible for the deeds for which Cummings is accused. But conspiracy watchers may find "Saboteur" more intriguing as an expose of America's true enemies: the elites, like the one played by smooth, cultured, ever so charming and perpetually amused Charles Tobin (Otto Kruger), who entertain in their penthouses while financing wars and revolutions meant to solidify their own power at the expense of the people, whom Tobin calls the "moron millions."
The portrayal of such malevelont forces rings true in ways that other incidents in "Saboteur" do not. Kane's encounter with Philip Martin (Vaughan Glaser), the isolated blind man who offers him a meal and shelter (a little reminiscent of the Monster's encounter with the blind hermit in 1935's "Bride of Frankenstein"), is merely an opportunity for Kane to meet the requisite "love interest," Martin's glamourous niece played by top-billed Priscilla Lane. It may have also provided Hitchcock (or, perhaps, the screenwriters which included the legendary Dorothy Parker) to espouse liberal political philosophies that could easily have been mouthed by Tom Joad, the hero of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath."
With "Saboteur," Hitchcock is almost paying homage to himself, and especially his superior 1935 film, "The 39 Steps," the first of his thrillers to follow the exploits of a man wrongly accused of a crime, and determined to expose the true culprits. The performances are all exemplary, especially those of Kruger, Baxter, and Lloyd. The latter, who reminisces about the film in an informative "bonus feature," is as slimily sinister in "Saboteur" as he would be kindly, even saintly, as Dr. Aushlander on TV's superb "St. Elsewhere" in the '80s.
Brian W. Fairbanks
Movie Review: A whole lot of awesome going on...
Summary: 4 Stars
Hitchcock, the master of suspense, built one amazing thrill ride in `Saboteur', a film about a framed man running from the law in search of his innocence. From start to finish the film is carried on the very sturdy shoulders of Robert Cummings, a man who sinks deep into this role and delivers a stirring portrait of a man at the end of his rope.
With the usual Hitchcock tricks, `Saboteur' works very well.
I know that some may draw huge comparisons to `North By Northwest', but one should note that this film was released first, so if there is a copycat in the bunch it would, without doubt, be `North By Northwest'. In fact, you could even draw some comparisons to Hitchcock's own `The 39 Steps', especially within certain sequences.
That said, `North By Northwest' only perfected what Hitchcock initially set out to do in `Saboteur'.
The film follows a man named Barry Kane who is wanted for sabotage. Framed for a fire, Kane soon finds himself on the run, trying to clear his name and bring justice to those responsible for the death of his friend. Along the way he comes across kind hearted strangers who go out of their way to protect and help him in his journey. It isn't until he comes across the beautiful yet doubtful Patricia Martin that he has a true ally. But, the question still lingers if Kane will be able to clear his name before the real bad guys get their hands on him.
There are some illogical moments, but suspension of disbelief is paramount in most of Hitchcock's works. Still, some of the films plot points may be hard to swallow, and as has been brought out by other reviewers, the open-mindedness of those whom Kane comes in contact is a bit alarming (good natured or not, were people ever that trusting) and yet I have to remember that this is now and that was then and different times call for different actions.
Alas, the acting is a triumph that just makes this movie required viewing. Not only is Cummings stellar, but so is Patricia lane and Vaughan Glaser, who works complete magic in his one scene.
It has flaws, but it is really exciting to watch and will keep you glued from start to finish.