Released – April, 1942 

Directed By - Alfred Hitchcock

Starring – Priscilla Lane (Patricia ‘Pat’ Martin), Robert Cummings (Barry Kane), Otto Kruger (Charles Tobin), Norman Lloyd (Frank Fry).

Description – World War II aircraft factory worker Barry Kane is set up for the factory fire that killed his best friend. The fire was an act of sabotage and Barry is on the run.

Piecing together the events that immediately preceded the fire has led Barry to believe the sabotage was caused by an apparent co-worker named Frank Fry. Barry now must cross country in his effort to find Fry and clear his name.

In his search for Fry, Barry learns of an organization of facist-supporting saboteurs that are led by the powerful and seemingly respectable Charles Tobin. Will Barry be able to elude the police long enough to prove his innocense and expose the real saboteurs?

Find out at the Statue of Liberty.

NOTABLE: Originally, Director Hitchcock wanted Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck to play the leads. However, due to budget restrictions, this was not possible. Although Hitchcock had to go with what was considered a “b-cast”, the film did very well at both the box office and with critics.

Saboteur

The Alfred Hitchcock Collection: The Best of Hitchcock, Vol. 2 (Vertigo / The Birds / The Trouble with Harry / Frenzy / Marnie / Saboteur / Torn Curtain / Alfred Hitchcock Presents Vol. 3)

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Released – February, 1942 

Directed By - Harry Lachman

Starring – Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Arleen Whelan (Brenda Hartford), Richard Derr (Carl Detheridge), Douglass Dumbrille (Paul Manderley).

Description – Charlie Chan arrives at the isolated Mojave Desert home of Paul Manderley and his wife a descendent of the infamous Borgia family.

After the collapse and death of one ot the Manderley’s other guests, Chan is asked to stay and investigate. Soon other guests start to turn up dead. Is it just a strange coincidence, or an illness of some kind? Poison is more like it.

And if that’s not bad enough, all communication from the castle is cut off, strange shadows appear and disappear, and lets not forget the secret panels. It seems as though Chan has his hands full with this case.

NOTABLE: As the Charlie Chan detective series lost some of its luster as time passed, this is generally considered to be one of the better of the later films.

This was the 30th of 47 Charlie Chan films to be made.

Included In The Charlie Chan Collection Vol. 5

Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 5 (Charlie Chan At The Wax Museum/Murder Over New York/Dead Men Tell/Charlie Chan In Rio/Charlie Chan In Panama/Murder Cruise/Castle in the Desert)

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