hitchcock make at least 11 film about the ordinary man and wrongly accuse and on the run ( sometimes really run and sometimes not ) to prove his innocence in a situation beyond his control and the first one be the 39 step and which really make him popular in great britain . it really be his signature theme . others include young and innocent and saboteur and spellbound and stage fright and stranger on a train and i confess and to catch a thief and the wrong man and north by northwest and and finally frenzy . saboteur start robert cummings a barry kane and a wartime aircraft plant worker during wartime accuse of murder his co worker and best friend during an act of sabotage on the plant . he meet up with model patricia martin and play by actress priscilla lane and during his run from the law and and later and of course and the various nazi or fascist sympathizer along the way . saboteur be mainly like the 39 step and even include similar plot device such a handcuff and the blonde who doesn not trust the main character in the beginning and a race across the country ( in one case london to scotland and and in the other california to new york ) and and meet the colorful local along the way . and so and just like the man who know too much and i believe this be an american remake of one of hitchcock earlier work . i think robert cummings be choose because he come across a a very ordinary american and sort of an everyman with whom the audience can identify . i like priscilla lane because her character be a more involved in the action than madeline carroll in the 39 step and ruth roman in stranger on a train . a mention elsewhere and though and otto kruger steal the show a the villain . i also like vaughan glaser performance a the blind uncle while his line be great . there be some funny touch all along the way for some comic relief and such a road sign feature priscilla lane character on them and and circus sideshow performer and and the truck driver and murray alper . contrary to other opinion here and there aren not too many character who believe barry kane innocence immediately . there be some slow part and mainly when the action first move to new york and but it pick up quickly when the last planned act of the fifth columnist get underway . it one of my favorite film from hitchcock ( i put it in my top 5 ) and especially in these day of the new war on terrorism . i think it hit home . it make you think and could my coworker be involve in something evil . in fact and one of the movie poster for saboteur proclaim watch out for the man behind your back . imagine how that play in the mind of adult during the second world war .