Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Charles Bennett; E.V.H. Emmett; Ian Hay; Helen Simpson

From novel: The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Keywords: Thriller, Explosions

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Oskar Homolka	Actor	12-Aug-1898	27-Jan-1978	Sabotage
John Loder	Actor	3-Jan-1898	26-Dec-1988	Sabotage
Sylvia Sidney	Actor	8-Aug-1910	1-Jul-1999	Mama Carlson on WKRP

CAST

Sylvia Sidney	...   Mrs. Verloc
Oskar Homolka	...   Mr. Verloc
John Loder	...   Ted
Desmond Tester	...   Stevie -- Her Young Brother
Joyce Barbour	...   Renee
Matthew Boulton	...   Supt. Talbot
S. J. Warmington	...   Hollingshead
William Dewhurst	...   The Professor

REVIEWS

Review by Robert Reade (posted on 4-May-2008)

I watched it on AMC. The sound was bad and the dialogue difficlult to follow. The movie was choppy and failed to identify the characters. Suddenly Oscar Homolka is a saboteur. Their theater business was poorly defined, and John Loder of Scotland Yard has an apple stand (I think) next door. Sorry about the boy dying, but even there the actions of Sylvia and Oscar Homolka didn't suggest genuine grief. Only thing good was that Sylvia Sidney acted well and conveyed her usual sense of sadness.

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