10 Reasons to Watch SABOTAGE (1936)

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10 Reasons to Watch SABOTAGE (1936)

Dan and Tom discuss 10 reasons to watch SABOTAGE, the 1936 Alfred Hitchcock spy movie. SABOTAGE was also released under the titles THE WOMAN ALONE and I MARRIED A MURDERER.

SABOTAGE stars Sylvia Sidney and Oskar Homolka as the Verlocks. They have a son named Stevie, played by Desmond Tester. Stevie has a very key role to the plot of this one. John Loder stars as Detective Ted Spencer who has to get to the heart of the sabotage.

  1. The origin of the movie
  2. Spies living among regular people
  3. It’s hard to identify the enemy
  4. Stars one of our favorite spy movie stars
  5. Why Hitchcock didn’t like John Loder as the detective
  6. The influence of a 1935 Disney movie
  7. The opening of the movie
  8. Romance
  9. Exquisite camera and Foley work
  10. And of course, Sabotage’s influence on future spy movies.

So, listen to Dan and Tom to find out the details of their 10 reasons to watch SABOTAGE.

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