Sabotage (1936)

7.0Approved76 minDirector: Alfred Hitchcock

1936 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Sabotage, released in the United States as The Woman Alone, is a 1936 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, and John Loder. It is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel The Secret Agent, about a woman who discovers that her husband is a terrorist agent.

Sabotage should not be confused with Hitchcock's film Secret Agent, which was also released in 1936, but which instead is loosely based on two stories in the 1927 collection Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. It also should not be conflated with Hitchcock's unrelated 1942 American film Saboteur.

In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked the film 44th best British film ever. In 2021, The Daily Telegraph ranked the film at No. 3 on its list of "The 100 best British films of all time".

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Sabotage about?
Sabotage (1936) — Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small cinema with his wife and her teenage brother as a cover, but they know nothing of his secret. Scotland Yard assign an undercover detective to work at the shop next to the cinema in order
Is Sabotage based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Sabotage scary?
Content rating: Approved. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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