Saboteur (1942)
Alfred Hitchcock directs this World War Two film about fifth columnists trying to sabotage the American war industry. A young man is falsely accused of starting a fire at the air plane plant he works at and goes on the run to catch the real culprit.
As with many films of the era there are some pretty obvious propaganda speeches during the film and nods towards enemy ideologies some of which are hammered home more obviously than others. History will show that the plot is a fair bit unrealistic as there was very little sabotage by axis sympathisers during World War Two in the US but the film is largely well made, which is to be expected given the director, but very little about the film stands out and it is not without it's overly patriotic flaws.
3/5 not vintage Hitchcock.
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