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Sabotage [DVD] [1936]

DVD ~ Sylvia Sidney
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  • Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Network
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Aug 2008
  • Run Time: 73 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B001C5G5HO
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 45,244 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An innocent boy becomes the innocent victim of a foreign agitator when he unwittingly carries a bomb aboard a busy bus.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Wilful destruction of buildings or machinery with the object of alarming a group of persons or inspiring public uneasiness. , 4 Sep 2008
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One of the darker movies of Hitchcock's British career, but one of the most successful at the box office, Sabotage is by no means a flawless film, but still does manage to come out on the positive side of the equation.

Veloc's attempts to strike fear into the hearts of London by causing a power cut are laughed at by the newspapers so his paymasters withhold his payment and say that in order to get his money he has to deliver a bomb, timed to go off during the Lord Mayor's parade. What Veloc doesn't know is that the friendly fruit monger next door is actually a policeman and he is already under surveillance. When the policeman notices Veloc sneaking back into his cinema on the night of the power cut, yet later insisting he was in all night, they are sure something is afoot.

Oskar Hemolka is decent enough as Veloc but perhaps lacks the creepy charm that Hitchcock's number one choice, Peter Lorre, would have brought to the role. Slyvia Sidney as his wife was another leading lady that failed to charm, or indeed be charmed, by Hitchcock and although she is never thoroughly convincing, she makes a good fist of her role. John Loder puts in a good performance as the policeman who finds himself falling in love with Mrs Veloc at the same time as realising that her husband is indeed a saboteur and is one of the best things in the movie.

The controversy with the film largely surrounds Stevie, the boy who unwittingly carries the bomb that explodes; Hitch admitted his "mistake" in later years, acknowledging that he would have been better served by not letting the bomb blow up whilst Stevie is carrying it, but in many ways it was the only choice. It is unconceivable that anything other than Stevie's death would lead to Mrs Veloc's actions towards the end of the film, even with the way that the murder is filmed leaving some doubt as to her actual intentions.

There is nothing inherently "wrong" about this film and it carries some of Hitch's characteristic set pieces with aplomb, but it is definitely, for this viewer anyway, missing the spark that would have carried it to greatness. Perhaps the fact that the story never really chooses its focus (with not enough time allocated to any one character) ultimately prevents this from being one of Hitch's best efforts. But even with its flaws, it is certainly a film worth watching.
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