Review of Saboteur (1942) by Matthew D — 13 Jul 2018

One of Hitchcock's most formulaic pictures, a case of mistaken identity, a race to stay ahead of pursuers and prove innocence, an icy blonde that thaws totally into love, but gosh darn if it isn't a formula that works! Robert Cumming's man-on-the-run does stand out as having a harder edge than many to Hitchcock's early heroes making him more believable and unpredictable as a desperate man driven to do what's necessary to survive, even if the sheer number for coincidences he finds himself in erodes a lot of this credibility.