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Saboteur

1942 ★ 108 min
Starring: Lane Sisters, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker
Producer: Frank Lloyd

Saboteur is a 1942 American spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a screenplay written by Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison and Dorothy Parker. The film stars Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane and Norman Lloyd.

Trivia

  • Hitchcock was under contract to David O. Selznick, so he first pitched the idea for the film to him; Selznick gave the okay for a script to be written, assigning John Houseman to keep an eye on its progress and direction.
  • Gary Cooper was uninterested in the project and Barbara Stanwyck had other commitments.
  • In November 1941, Universal announced that Hitchcock would make the film for the studio, and it would be produced by Frank Lloyd and Jack Skirball.

Previous Showings

9 Runs • 7 Festivals

11,460 tickets sold

All runs on record (9):

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