Perhaps not one of Hitchcock's most prominent films, but it's a tense crime thriller telling the tale of a family of recent émigrés to Britain who are struggling to run their small London cinema. Oskar Homolka ("Mr. Verloc") falls foul of some criminals who offer to pay him for carrying out an act of sabotage. This doesn't quite cause the mayhem they desire so he is unwittingly, this time, involved a much more…
A bomb plot... A Killing... Justice.
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
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Sylvia Sidney
Mrs. Verloc
Oskar Homolka
Karl Verloc - Her Husband
Desmond Tester
Stevie - Her Young Brother
John Loder
Ted
Joyce Barbour
Renee
Matthew Boulton
Superintendent Talbot
S. J. Warmington
Hollingshead
William Dewhurst
The Professor
Clare Greet
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather
Greengrocer (uncredited)
Austin Trevor
Monocle Man (uncredited)
Charles Hawtrey
Studious Youngster (uncredited)
Martita Hunt
The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Peter Bull
Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
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What is Sabotage about?
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
When was Sabotage released?
Sabotage was released in 1937.
What genres does Sabotage belong to?
Sabotage is categorised as Drama, Thriller, Crime.
Who stars in Sabotage?
The cast of Sabotage includes Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour.