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Saboteur is a 1942 American film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by Frank Lloyd for Universal Pictures and Frank Lloyd Productions. Written by Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, and Dorothy Parker, with cinematography by Joseph A. Valentine and a score by Frank Skinner, it stars the Lane Sisters, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, and Otto Kruger. Otto Ludwig edited the film, and Jack Otterson served as production designer.
Shot in black-and-white in the Academy ratio and set in New York City and Los Angeles, California, the film is a crime, spy, and thriller, rated PG. It ran 109 minutes, had a budget of 780,000, earned 1,250,000 at the box office, and won 1 award with 1 nomination in total. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
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6.9Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Cast
- Robert Cummings as Barry Kane
- Priscilla Lane as Pat Martin
- Otto Kruger as Charles Tobin
- Alan Baxter as Freeman
- Clem Bevans as Neilson
- Norman Lloyd as Frank Fry
Themes
- falsely accused
- black and white
- statue of liberty
- aircraft factory
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
29,656 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
64/100
- Year
- 1942
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Peter Viertel , Joan Harrison , Dorothy Parker
- Produced by
- Frank Lloyd , Jack H. Skirball
- Starring
- Priscilla Lane , Robert Cummings , Norman Lloyd , Otto Kruger , Alan Baxter , Alma Kruger , Dorothy Peterson , Clem Bevans
- Cinematography
- Joseph A. Valentine
- Edited by
- Otto Ludwig
- Music by
- Frank Skinner
- Production companies
- Frank Lloyd Productions, David O. Selznick Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- April 22, 1942 ( 1942-04-22 )
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $780,000
- Box office
- $1,250,000 (US rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Dorothy Parker
- Cast member
- Alexander Lockwood
- Composer
- Frank Skinner
- Producer
- Frank Lloyd
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Joseph A. Valentine
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 460209
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Saboteur trailer Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saboteur (film)
- publication date
- 1942-05-01
- film editor
- Otto Ludwig
- title
- Saboteur
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Jack Otterson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 64/100
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
- capital cost
- 780000
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Encyclopedic overview
Saboteur is a 1942 American spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a screenplay written by Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison and Dorothy Parker. The film stars Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane and Norman Lloyd.
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