FILM 2356: SABOTAGE (1936)

TRIVIA: Based on Joseph Conrad's novel "The Secret Agent", this sports a different title, as Sir Alfred Hitchcock's previous movie was called Secret Agent (1936), which was based on stories by W. Somerset Maugham.

The first name of Verloc (played by Oskar Homolka) was changed from Adolf to Karl to avoid any Nazi connections.

As with most of his films, director Alfred Hitchcock makes a cameo appearance. He can be seen at the 08:56 mark, just after the lights come back on in front of the movie theater, looking up towards the sky as he crosses in front of the crowd.

In Inglourious Basterds (2009), it is mentioned that film is three times more flammable than paper. A boy is shown asking if he can bring film onto a bus. The bus driver says, "You can't bring that on here. It's flammable." That scene is from this movie.

Ted takes Stevie and Mrs. Verloc for a steak at Simpsons In The Strand. This was Sir Alfred Hitchcock's favorite meal at one of his favorite restaurants.

This film has a 100% rating based on 11 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

I’m making my way through the book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. See my blog post about my copy of the book here…

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I really hope you can come on this journey with me – if you do I’d love to know which films you’ve enjoyed the most!