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DramaThrillerCrime

Sabotage

- … 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.

Release Date : 1937-01-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Woman AloneI Married a Murderer

Cast

Sylvia Sidney

Character Name : Mrs. Verloc

Original Name : Sylvia Sidney

Gender : Female

Oskar Homolka

Character Name : Karl Verloc - Her Husband

Original Name : Oskar Homolka

Gender : Male

Desmond Tester

Character Name : Stevie - Her Young Brother

Original Name : Desmond Tester

Gender : Male

John Loder

Character Name : Ted

Original Name : John Loder

Gender : Male

Joyce Barbour

Character Name : Renee

Original Name : Joyce Barbour

Gender : Female

Matthew Boulton

Character Name : Superintendent Talbot

Original Name : Matthew Boulton

Gender : Male

S. J. Warmington

Character Name : Hollingshead

Original Name : S. J. Warmington

Gender : Male

William Dewhurst

Character Name : The Professor

Original Name : William Dewhurst

Gender : Male

Clare Greet

Character Name : Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Original Name : Clare Greet

Gender : Female

Aubrey Mather

Character Name : Greengrocer (uncredited)

Original Name : Aubrey Mather

Gender : Male

Austin Trevor

Character Name : Monocle Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Austin Trevor

Gender : Male

Charles Hawtrey

Character Name : Studious Youngster (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Hawtrey

Gender : Male

Martita Hunt

Character Name : The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)

Original Name : Martita Hunt

Gender : Female

Torin Thatcher

Character Name : Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Torin Thatcher

Gender : Male

Peter Bull

Character Name : Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Bull

Gender : Male

Alfred Hitchcock

Character Name : Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed

Original Name : Alfred Hitchcock

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

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 deadly action. Unbeknown to him, Scotland Yard are on to them and have planted a detective (John Loder) in the greengrocers who befriends the family. The plot unfolds slowly and tensely. Loder and ("Mrs. Verloc") a slightly dewy-eyed Sylvia Sidney fall for each other as we go along. That storyline slightly districts from the suspense and the ending comes along a bit too rapidly for me. Great to watch, though...