Unmasking The Man Behind Your Back!|Apr. 24, 1942|United States|108 Min.|n/A
Genre: Thriller
Description: **Saboteur (1942) Movie Synopsis**
Barry Kane is wrongfully accused of setting fire to Stewart Aircraft Works in Glendale, California, a sabotage act during wartime that results in the death of his coworker. Kane suspects a man named Fry is the real culprit, but investigators find no record of Fry among the plant workers. As a result, Kane becomes the focus of a nationwide manhunt.
While evading capture, Kane recalls Fry’s address from an envelope and hitchhikes to a sprawling ranch in the High Desert. There, he discovers Fry has left for Soda City and that the ranch owner, Charles Tobin, is working with Fry and other saboteurs. Kane manages to escape and finds temporary shelter with a blind man, whose niece, Patricia Martin, tries to turn him over to the police. Kane convinces Martin of his innocence and takes her hostage, leading them on a cross-country journey filled with danger.
The pair hides in a circus caravan, whose members help shield them from the authorities. Eventually, they reach Soda City, a deserted ghost town, where they are separated. Kane uncovers the saboteurs’ plot to destroy Boulder Dam and successfully thwarts their plan. He then follows them to New York, where he learns of their next target: the sabotage of a new U.S. Navy battleship during its launch at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Meanwhile, Martin contacts the local sheriff, unaware he is part of Tobin’s spy network. Kane and the saboteurs arrive in New York and meet Tobin at the luxurious home of a wealthy sympathizer, Mrs. Sutton, who is hosting an elite social gathering. Kane and Martin are reunited, but Martin is later imprisoned in a high-rise office in Rockefeller Center, while Kane is locked in Sutton’s basement.
Kane escapes by setting off a fire alarm, while Martin sends an SOS note out of a window. The note lands near a group of cab drivers, who notify the authorities, ultimately leading to the saboteurs’ downfall.
Cast director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast actor: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Clem Bevans, Norman Lloyd, Alma Kruger, Vaughan Glaser, Dorothy Peterson, Ian Wolfe
Original name: Saboteur