Sabotage (1936) Alfred Hitchcock, 1080p

Hitchcock adapting Jospeh Conrad novel: "The Secret Agent"
It's not to be confused with the same year film "Secret Agent", also by Hitchcock
This movie was also release with the name "The Woman Alone" and is one of the shortest Hitch, with a runtime of only 76 minutes.
If you want to listen to the conversation between Hitchcock and Truffaut on the film:
• Hitchcock-Truffaut Epi...
Enjoy the film

[@tobyboyd4126]

This is one of my FAVORITE Hitchcock Films!

[@juanitolopez9731]

My second favourite of Hitchcock's British films. Unfairly underrated.

[@kathyh4804]

The creativity Hitchcock had with lighting and timing was amazing for those times! Even with it all the high tech abilities today, Hitchcock is 100x better at suspense!

[@CaminoAir]

Hitchcock regretted how the bomb sequence played out. He considered it bad technique afterwards and has spoken often in interviews about it. The cast are all very good. Hitchcock wanted Michael Redgrave for the part of the Scotland Yard detective, but I thought John Loder was sympathetic and effective.

[@leonardjoesten1222]

At 1:13:58 I loved the cardboard cut-outs of 2 people in the back of the audience. Maybe they had to replace 2 who called in sick the day of the shoot.

[@BlumenFalckFilmTalk]

Wow!! Amazing eye!!

[@british.scorpion]

Imagine what Hitchcock could do with today's technology.

[@paulcaron400]

Pure brilliance is

[@raysmith7543]

Even in his early days Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense!!! I think I'll watch the Birds now, ta..

[@Inbraneinthememsane]

i still think this is his worst film :) even though its good. he didnt have a good hand in Tippi Hedren ... the worst cast in all his films.

[@caitlynrossmurphy1646]

phenomenal movie and a great movie from the master of suspense mr hitchcock

[@sheristewart3940]

I love Alfred Hitchcock's films. Thanks for uploading this thriller. Also, Sylvia Sydney was one of my favorite actresses.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Thanks to FM for showing this quality edition, the best on KZbin. So many masterful Hitchcock touches make this another of his great classics.

[@e.l.s.3048]

Nice clear picture. Thank you for posting.

[@nati22love]

What a good movie... I have seen so many Hitchcocks and so many times... is my favorite director...

[@candacegladden5313]

This was a great little gem of a movie thanks for taking the time to upload for us to enjoy

[@carbon1740]

Fine print, thank you. Hitch"s great work as always, thanks, it was the very first time I saw it, I'm discovering his body of work little by little, and I must say, I'm loving this particular time period in his film making.

[@panacheluxury4262]

Hitchcock, one of my favorites. Thoroughly enjoyed the film. Thank you!

[@suzieqwonder3089]

Never seen before ~ what a delight! Thank you💞

[@marcinna8553]

Nice print, thank you. In another KZbin video, Hitchcock said that if he could re-do it he would not have the boy die in the film. When you build up a lot of suspense in the audience, you have to give them some kind of relief: the boy throws the bomb out the window at the last second, or it gets accidentally dropped in a bucket of water and fails to ignite, etc. But I actually think this is what makes the film so memorable. It throws a shadow over the cast and they all become darker. We see how weird Mr. Verloc really is, Mrs. Verloc starts to look a bit scary, and the wholesome Detective decides the best course is to go rogue. I think it made the film more intense.

[@nati22love]

I agree with you this movie is so dark and awesome I absolute love all UK movies of him they feel so real and human

[@bdasil]

He seriously said that? If the boy hadn't died, I don't think the film would have been nearly as good as it is. The whole time you're waiting for something to happen to that bomb, to stop it from blowing up. Right up until the last second, movie tropes have taught us to believe that something will save the boy. It's so much more shocking that actually nothing saves him, because Hitchcock makes you think something will! Must have been having a brain fart moment when he said that.

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

I don’t agree as this is based off a book where the whole plot is launched when Stevie bombed himself (only it isn’t revealed that it’s Stevie until the end) and the payoff is great. While I like movies doing their own thing with a book adaptation (this is a great example of one), it can’t change what is essentially the whole plot. Then it’s just a movie with characters with name from a book. I’d rather he makes it completely his own film if he do that.

[@troynov1965]

One of my favorite AH films.

[@samgrimes1232]

I love this movie

[@bogthing1]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@chingerone4812]

Thank you! Really enjoyed this one!

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

Just saw the cast of characters and is this based off Conrad’s “the secret agent”?

[@glenncambray626]

Pet shop scene seems like a forerunner of the Monty Python Parrot sketch.

[@josebelindo1641]

Yes and don't confuse it with Sabatour with Bob Cummings Hitch made only 2 movies over and over a spy movie the 39 STEPS and a murder mystery

[@brianrodney712]

I remember seeing ' Saboteur ' as a boy, with the thrilling scene set at the top of the Statue of Liberty.

[@josebelindo1641]

@@brianrodney712 yes they closed the arm after that you could only look out the crown now I don't know what is open

[@DARK-ji1ko]

What a film he juz nailed it

[@TexasNightRider]

Enjoyed this movie. Thank you.

[@moonglow1311]

Sylvia Sidney (Mrs Verloc) was in the 1978 film "Damien Omen II" with William Holden❗😎🇺🇸

[@luissegovia8205]

And beetlejuice.. In 1988!!!

[@leezeidel3630]

Great movie 👍

[@58christiansful]

It does strike a chord - a foreign immigrant causing serious problems in London.

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

INDEED!

[@kennethbooker4955]

Another British film good cast

[@CoimbraGuy]

Nice copy of one of Hitchcock's best. Thks How does *anyone* downvote this film? God, the fools on YT are a mess!

[@scvandy3129]

"Rich" "God, the fools on YT are a mess!" -- no argument there! . . . "Nice copy of one of Hitchcock's best." - no argument there.

[@boopdoop991]

Suspenseful! Really great!

[@louiso.4325]

WOAH. I thought I recognized him! Around 35:00, when all the baddies are meeting in the room, one of them is from Stanley Kubrick's 1964 comedy Dr. Strangelove!

[@frenchmoviegoer1535]

Russian ambassador fighting in the "War Room", it's him alright in one of his first role :)

[@peagreen255]

Yes, it was Peter Bull. A totally unforgettable face. Thank you, French Moviegoer, for this great, great film.

[@boopdoop991]

I thought he looked familiar! Wow! And Dr. Strangelove is my 2nd favorite Kubrick film too!

[@russelljones365]

According to Wikipedia Hitchcock appears talking in front of a drugstore in the first 10 mins of the film, but I've never been able to see him.

[@xmaseveeve5259]

TOO QUIET.

[@angelacoleman6580]

If the detectives found the knife they would know that it was not the explosion that killed her husband.

[@RonaldKethers]

I wonder how a 4:3 aspect ratio can display 1080p...

[@scvandy3129]

"Cap Quadrat," Good question. It's not the aspect ratio. The crystal clear quality of the original source for "Sabotage" being a sharp 35 mm negative / print transformed to digital maintains the brilliance that 1080p delivers.

[@icurlykid6987]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@rubberdc]

I wonder why they used Sylvia Sidney to star in this picture , which appears to be filmed with British people?

[@scvandy3129]

"rubberdc," It's hardly unusual for skilled, professional performers -- of which Ms. Sidney's zenith lasted for decades -- to play residents of different lands. Continuing with your query / analogy, why did Hitchcock cast Americans Robert Young and Madeleine Carroll in the same year's [1936] "Secret Agent"? Or conversely, three years later, why did producer extraordinaire David O. Selznick cast Britishers Leslie Howard and Vivien Leigh as Americans of the 19th century Great American South in the American epic, "Gone With the Wind"? Or decades later, how is it producer Aaron Spelling cast English star Joan Collins in the ultra American program, "Dynasty"? . . . What mattered was all these stars 'pulled it off.' Perhaps 'the master' thought Ms. Sidney was best suited for the role of the actresses he considered / auditioned. He knew she was more than capable of 'delivering' a Londoner's accent, so she fit right in. I thought she was wonderful, as was the entire cast and movie. The eerie thing was her character being stuck with a totally unsuitable spouse -- in appearance and ethics. I can't imagine those two being intimate. We get that he provided a 'roof over the head' for her and her son. But the handicap -- to some -- of being a single parent, should not prevent being more 'selective' when choosing a mate for one's self and ideal father figure for child. "Merci," French Moviegoer, for providing this excellent entertainment; the print was sharp and we were relieved there was only a single KZbin 5-second product commercial interruption.

[@rubberdc]

@@scvandy3129 \i loved Ms Sidney , she was a delicate star . I just wondered why . there was no malice in my question .

[@oluhamilton2121]

...not the guy from 'Mr.Sardonicus'.....