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Saboteur
Harry Kane witnesses the bombing of the American munitions plant where he works, by Nazi agent Frank Frye. After he is wrongly accused of sabotage he pursues the real traitor in a cross-country chase ending in a harrowing confrontation on top of the Statue of Liberty. Vintage Hitchcock.
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Midnight Saboteur
It is 1942 and Jeremy Crane is living with his grandmother while his parents are away in the forces. Reading an official letter, he discovers that his mother is an undercover agent and is in trouble. Determined to rescue her, the young boy makes his way to France to rescue her from the Gestapo. author: Booth, Martin; publisher: Puffin Books
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Cyan Books The Little Saboteur: Get Things Done in Life by Conquering Your Weaker Self
Pages: 224, Paperback, Cyan Books
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Universal Pictures Video Saboteur [1942]
This Hitchcock thriller is mainly famous for its climax, which finds the villain (Norman Lloyd) hanging by his sleeve from the torch on the Statue of Liberty as the seam begins to unravel. Otherwise, it's not one of the director's great pictures, though it's still worth a look. Set during the initial stages of World War II, the story concerns a ring of Nazi fifth columnists who plot to weaken American military defences by blowing up a munitions factory, a dam and a battleship. In an early example of Hitchcock's celebrated wrong man theme, the hero Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) gets falsely accused of sabotage and becomes a fugitive, hunted from coast to coast. Eventually, he hooks up with the heroine Pat Martin (Priscilla Lane), a super-patriot who takes some convincing of his innocence and plans to turn him in--until the inevitable chemical reaction occurs. It's a highly episodic tale that may put you in mind of Hitchcock's previous <I>The 39 Steps</I> (1935) and his later <I>North by Northwest</I> (1959).<p>The miscellaneous incidents (a shoot-out at a cinema, a bizarre encounter with the freaks in a circus troupe) are often exciting in themselves. The trouble is they just sort of lie there like so-many scattered marbles, never building into a coherent and satisfying whole. The bland dialogue supplied by novice screenwriter Peter Viertel doesn't help matters much. Neither does the casting of the two stars, square, wholesome types, entirely lacking in the perversity and eccentricity one associates with the Hitchcock universe. (It's tedious to hear Lane endlessly mouthing off about the American way, while Cummings must be counted one of the dullest leading men in Hollywood history.) Still, this half-hearted effort by the pot-bellied master of suspense would probably make the reputation of a dozen lesser directors. --<I>Peter Matthews</I>
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Puffin Books Midnight Saboteur
Pages: 144, Paperback, Puffin Books
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tsunami Goldsmith Morituri - The Saboteur
Original Sound Track
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