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.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedSabotage (1937), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a crime drama and thriller of quiet menace. Set in a London suburb, it follows a couple running a small cinema whose seemingly settled life conceals the husband's dangerous secret, one that imperils his wife and her young brother. Tense and suspenseful, it draws on Hitchcock's command of dread, domestic unease, and the threat lurking beneath ordinary surfaces. Themes of deception, danger, and shattered trust drive the mood. Recommended for admirers of classic British suspense and early Hitchcock. It holds a MagicMovieScore of 6.7.
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Trailer
Top Cast
Sylvia Sidney
Mrs. Verloc
Oskar Homolka
Karl Verloc - Her Husband
Desmond Tester
Stevie - Her Young Brother
John Loder
Ted
Joyce Barbour
Renee
Matthew Boulton
Superintendent Talbot
S. J. Warmington
Hollingshead
William Dewhurst
The Professor
352 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.12 as more ratings come in.
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Movie Info
Release Date
January 8, 1937
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
NR
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director