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Sabotage

1936 · 77 min

A quietly tightening knot of domestic dread, where ordinary warmth curdles into suspense and one shocking jolt lands hard.

Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Tagline
A bomb plot... A Killing... Justice.
Overview
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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Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • guilt
  • grief
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, thriller, crime
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Written by
Charles Bennett
Starring
Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour, Matthew Boulton, S. J. Warmington, William Dewhurst
Cinematography
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Runtime
77 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
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