a i post this comment and imdb currently rate alfred hitchcock subpar saboteur a 7. negative . personally and i rat it less than half that . honestly and i can not tell how a movie this bad could have come from what be probably the most consistently good director i know of . i have see about 10 other hitch movie from the 30 60 . vertigo be thus far my hand down favorite while saboteur be easily the bad . it hard to believe that 7 year earlier hitch use the very same formula in the 39 step far more competently . my recommendation would be to see that instead and avoid this like the plague . it the only hitchcock movie that i turn off before before the end and have no desire to go back and see the rest . if you must watch it and then rent or borrow . don not make the mistake i do and buy the dvd on good faith earn through notorious and rebecca and vertigo and rear window and etc . even a master screw up sometimes and i guess . edit represent maybe i be a bit harder on this film than i should have be . it certainly nowhere near ed wood or manos or anything like that and but there three reason i feel i must rate it so low represent1 ) the name hitchcock bring with it certain expectation of quality . this film delivers on a few of them and but theyre way overshadow by the darn near non sensical plotting . 2 ) i want to compensate a bit for all the 8 plus rating this film be get . hitchcock be like the john coltrane of director . true fan will find reason to consider anything by him a work of art and but the high rating on imdb give more casual movie enthusiast like myself the impression that this movie be far good than it actually be . 3 ) i spend $ 18 on this . maybe if it would cost me $ 5 or even $ 10 i would probably be a bit less bitter . while ) .