Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Sylvia SidneyMrs. Verloc
- Oskar HomolkaKarl Verloc - Her Husband
- Desmond TesterStevie - Her Young Brother
- John LoderTed
- Joyce BarbourRenee
- Matthew BoultonSuperintendent Talbot
- S. J. WarmingtonHollingshead
- William DewhurstThe Professor
- Clare GreetMrs. Jones (uncredited)
- Aubrey MatherGreengrocer (uncredited)
Recommendations
- 100
The New Yorker
Hitchcock thought that he erred in this one, and that that explained why the picture wasn't a hit. But he was wrong; this adaptation of Conrad's The Secret Agent may be just about the best of his English thrillers, and if the public didn't respond it wasn't his fault. - 100
Chicago Tribune
A commercially compromised but often brilliant updating of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. [27 Sep 2013, p.C6] - 90
Chicago Reader
Freely adapted from Conrad's The Secret Agent, this 1936 study of murderous intimacy is ripe for reevaluation as the masterpiece of Alfred Hitchcock's British period. - 90
Los Angeles Times
This movie is as wrenching as it is eruptive. Hitchcock never went further beyond pop than he did with Sabotage. - 80
The New York Times
A masterly exercise in suspense. His new film is imperfect narrative, but perfect dramaturgy. - 80
Time Out
The narrative's a bit perfunctory, but is neatly overbalanced by the joyously rule-breaking sequence of a boy, a bus and a time bomb. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
A tense and chilling espionage picture, Sabotage contains one sequence that many consider among the director's most excruciatingly suspenseful. - 70
Variety
Competent and experienced hand of the director is apparent throughout this production, which is a smart one and executed in a business-like manner from start to finish.
