Saboteur 1942 123movies

Watch: Saboteur 1942 123movies, Full Movie Online – Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York City trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Fry, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory..
Plot: Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 26,242
	80% | RottenTomatoes
	64/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 377 Popularity: 9.21 | TMDB

Reviews:

North By Northwest’s parent movie.

This is one that I actually feel deserves a higher rating on internet sites, is it fair to say that this film can be called the black & white North By Northwest? since thematically it’s the same so it is something of a forerunner to that great film. Simplistic plot of innocent man on the run trying to find the real culprit after he is blamed for a fire that killed his best friend. Whilst on the run he meets an array of interesting Hitchcockian characters, from spies to circus freaks and of course the delicious lady of the piece, in this case Pricilla Lane. Enough suspense to mark it out as a film from the maestro, witness a scene as the main protagonist Barry Kane is trying to split his handcuffs on the roadside, and the ending at the statue of liberty is a cracker, making this a very tidy suspenser that earns 8/10 from me.

Tidbid; Hitchcock had wanted Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck for the lead roles here and although that sounds mightily great, he didn’t have to worry because Lane & Robert Cummings did just fine.

A rather run-of-the-mill espionage thriller, this one, with Robert Cummings wrongly accused of complicity in a fire that destroys a large part of an aircraft construction factory. He manages to avoid the police long enough to travel the breadth of the United States on the trail of a group of wealthy, powerful, fifth columnists. Priscilla Lane is the initially sceptical sidekick as they try to ensnare Otto Kruger and his network of traitors. Unfortunately, there is just too much inevitability about the story; very little suspense and the performances are really quite dry – especially the rather daft circus act storyline. It is fine to watch, but nothing notable to remember, I’m afraid.

Lots of Hitchcock features
Saboteur doesn’t get the attention it deserves for one major reason. Hitchcock wanted Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. Imagine what a “big” film it would have been perceived as with them as the stars.

Instead, he got Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane, both very good, but signalling that somehow this wasn’t a major motion picture.

Saboteur has all the Hitchcock elements, some reminiscent of the 39 Steps – the wrong man accused and on the run, a blonde, handcuffs, and pre-North by Northwest, a scene at a landmark, with similar action taking place.

The story concerns a worker, Barry Kane (Cummings) accused of setting fire to a munitions factory and killing his best friend. In fact, Kane saw the terrorist – a man named Frye, who posed as an employee. He sets out to clear his name.

There are some interesting scenes and colorful characters, and the end is exciting – also a bit abrupt, as if Hitchcock ran out of money. Still very enjoyable and worth seeing.

Hitchcock’s running men
Saboteur belongs to the group I call “middle Hitch” – neither among his timeless masterpieces (Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo…) nor among his very good movies (To Catch a Thief, Suspicion…), but still better than his rare weak efforts (Jamaica Inn, Frenzy…).

The “middle Hitch” includes breezy, fun genre movies (The Lady Vanishes, Young and Innocent…), with flashes of genius here and there. Saboteur follows the “innocent man on the run” template which the director had been tackling since The 39 Steps and which will peak decades later with North by Northwest.

Leads Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane are lightweight but likable; the story of a young man wrongly accused of sabotage who must escape the police and find the real culprit is entertaining, although Hitchcock’s own assessment (in one of his insightful interviews with Truffaut) that the script lacks discipline and is cluttered with too many ideas seems accurate.

7/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min) (copyright length)
Budget 780000
Revenue 1250000
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Thriller, War
Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker
Actors Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,600 m (Italy), 2,982.47 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2022 remaster), Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm