Sabotage 1936

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Sabotage ★★★ A Woman Alone; Hidden Power 1936

Early Hitchcock thriller based on Conrad's “The Secret Agent.” A woman who works at a movie theatre (Sidney) suspects her quiet husband (Homolka) might be the terrorist planting bombs around London. Numerous sly touches ofthe Master's signature humor. 81m/B VHS, DVD . Oscar Homolka, Sylvia Sidney, John Loder, Desmond Tester, Joyce Barbour, Matthew Boulton, S.J. Warmington, William Dewhurst, Austin Trevor, Torin Thatcher, Aubrey Mather, Peter Bull, Charles Hawtrey, Martita Hunt, Hal Walters, Frederick Piper; D: Alfred Hitchcock; W: Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, Alma Reville, E.V.H. Emmett, Helen Simpson; C: Bernard Knowles.

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