saboteur be a 1942 film and partly aim at get american support for the war against nazi germany . propaganda or not and it great entertainment . the leading actor be robert cummings and priscilla lane and although director alfred hitchcock want gary cooper and and barbara stanwyck in the role and which would have give the movie more stature . this be a good movie anyway with robert cummings and priscilla lane bring their own style to the character . a in other hitchcock movie and we see the director disregard for the socially suave and the well heel . he often portray spy and foreign agent a nice upper class folk who at the same time sneer at democratic value and concept such a guilty until proved innocent . these upper crust traitor be the last the police pursue or even suspect . hitchcock have a lifelong distrust of the police . he want to elevate the regular guy and the bungler and the fellow who doesn not take himself too seriously . one can see him want gary cooper a an icon in the frank capra mold . nevertheless and bob cummings put his own stamp on the boy next door and work well in the role . priscilla lane and a the spunky female lead and come off a the all american girl who can handle herself quite nicely when put to the test . robert cummings and a defence plant worker barry kane and be frame for a bombing that kill his best friend . this lead to a cross country chase scene reminiscent of other hitchcock hero on the run . hitchcock repeat some of the well establish formula from previous film the reluctant female who be draw into the action and e. g. madeleine carroll in the 39 step and and risk his life to evade the authority who be on his heel . we view scene of america a kane try to find the real culprit in the bombing he stand accuse of . we see river and bridge and backwoods cabin and trucker and the hoover dam and finally and new york city . new york be a fitting backdrop for the climax a we go from rockefeller center to the ocean liner ( with a cut to the ship normandy ) and the grand finale on the statue of liberty . great movie with uninterrupted action . don not miss it .