Saboteur story
Saboteur is a 1942 American spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a screenplay written by Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison and Dorothy Parker. The film stars Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane and Norman Lloyd.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I were being framed for a crime | choice | The central theme of the story is that Barry is the target of a manhunt because a fifth columnist framed him for an act of sabotage. Barry seeks to infiltrate the real spies and clear his name. |
| espionage | major | The story's antagonists are fifth columnists in America during WW2. |
| terrorism | major | The story's antagonists are fifth columnists in America during WW2, who seek to undermine the war effort by destroying a factory and a newly built battleship. |
| friendship | minor | Barry shed a few tears for his long time friend who succumbed in the factory fire. |
| law enforcement | minor | Various police officers appeared from time to time and played minor parts. |
| mother and son | minor | Barry visited the mother of the friend who died in the fire, and tried to console her. |
| sacrifice for an adversary | minor | In the end, Barry risked his life to try and save Fry from falling to his death. Possibly he thought he needed Fry to clear his name, but that was not so we understand later. |