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      The Woman Alone

      Released Jan 11, 1937 1 hr. 16 min. Mystery & Thriller List
      92% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score A ring of saboteurs is causing havoc in London with a series of explosive terrorist attacks. Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka) is part of the group, but he maintains a cover as a kind movie theater owner. His wife (Sylvia Sidney) is beginning to suspect something, though, and so is Scotland Yard Detective Sgt. Ted Spencer (John Loder). What neither of them know, however, is that Verloc uses his wife's little brother (Desmond Tester) to deliver the bombs in film canisters. Read More Read Less

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      Alec B One of Hitchcock's darkest movies but still deeply human and filled with idiosyncrasies. And yeah, the bomb sequence is masterful. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/24 Full Review Steve D Lesser Hitch for a reason. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review Stephen C The British Hitchcock films should be more revered as they represent the early traits we would come to enjoy in his US films. Here an anarchist is committed to upsetting London with acts of sabotage. The film features a Hitchcock mistake and one he would never repeat when one of the bombings goes awry. Apart from that it's a great thriller Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/12/23 Full Review Leaburn O A short, early Hitchcock and a pretty decent one. Strange emotions from the mother and all that but otherwise good watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/23 Full Review Liam D One of Alfred Hitchcock (High Anxiety, Stage Fright) first movies and one of his most underrated Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/15/22 Full Review j m This 1936 film is an absolute classic and it can be clever, shocking and sometimes humorous. Pure Alfred Hitchcock! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Frank S. Nugent New York Times We won't tell you what happens. That would be to cheat Mr. Hitchcock of his just reward, but it is a warning what you may expect -- which, as is the way of all Hitchcock melodramas, is the unexpected. Rated: 4/5 Mar 25, 2006 Full Review Jorge Luis Borges Sur [The film] "is inspired by Joseph Conrad's novel The Secret Agent." The director himself declares so... Skillful photography, clumsy cinematography -- those are the unimpassioned judgments that Hitchcock's latest film "inspires" in me. Dec 15, 2021 Full Review Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine A finely handled English thriller about a London anarchist ring. Oct 2, 2019 Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin The individual genius of Hitchcock is very clearly shown in the distinctive and original direction. Jan 22, 2018 Full Review Nathanael Hood The Young Folks Sabotage is possibly Hitchcock's most viscerally effective pre-Hollywood film. And yet it is not remembered half as warmly as some of his other films from that period. Apr 16, 2015 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com One of Hitchcock's best British thrillers, Sabotage contains a controversial sequence set on a bus that even the director was conflicted about. Rated: B+ Jul 24, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis A ring of saboteurs is causing havoc in London with a series of explosive terrorist attacks. Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka) is part of the group, but he maintains a cover as a kind movie theater owner. His wife (Sylvia Sidney) is beginning to suspect something, though, and so is Scotland Yard Detective Sgt. Ted Spencer (John Loder). What neither of them know, however, is that Verloc uses his wife's little brother (Desmond Tester) to deliver the bombs in film canisters.
      Director
      Alfred Hitchcock
      Screenwriter
      Charles Bennett, E.V.H. Emmett, Jesse Lasky Jr., Helen Simpson
      Distributor
      Cine Art Pictures, Film Effects Inc. [ca], LS Video, Gaumont British Distributors, Century Video, Gaumont Pictures, Criterion Collection
      Production Co
      Gaumont, Shepherd, Gaumont International
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 11, 1937, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 30, 2016
      Sound Mix
      Fantasound
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.37:1)
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