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| Year of first release: 1936 | |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock | |
| Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder | |
| Country: GB | |
| Genre: Thriller | |
| Conditions of visioning: 07.02.2015, DVD, English version with German subtitles | |
| Synopsis: Mr. Verloc (Homolka) is observed by the fruit seller Ted (Loder) after a black out over the whole London. Scotland Yard investigates on a gang of saboteur. Verloc manages a small cinema with his wife (Sidney) and her teenage brother Stevie as a cover, but they know nothing of his secret. | |
| Review: As the first version, the English one, of The man who knew too much the story is here very simple. There is though more space to build suspense and Hitchcock does it well with some long scenes in which the viewer sees what is coming and the dialogues or the image gives an increasing pace to generate the thrill. Some ideas to enhance the panic in the city are innovative. Fast cut of images with one continuous sound track. The bad guy, Homolka, plays perfectly his role and this is one major feature in Hitchcock ideal thriller. The separation from English to American periods in the movies of Hitchcock is becoming slowly better to understand. |
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Rating: 6 /10
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Sabotage (1936)
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I didn't know that Hitchcock shot not only one remake of The Man who knew too much from UK to USA, but also one of this Sabotage into Saboteur (1942)
ReplyDeleteSabotage and Saboteur do not have really the same story. The beginning of both movies is similar, yes. In the Man who knew to much it is obvious that the US version has much more money than the British one. We should try to compare also with Sabotage/Saboteur, and the conclusion might be the same.
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