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* AssholeVictim [[spoiler: Mr.Verloc is stabbed and killed by Mrs. Verloc but he was working with the terrorist and played a hand in the death of Stevie and everyone on the bus. He also had been pretty insensitive about the fact Stevie had died because of him. All these factors don't exactly make him sympathetic when his ultimately killed.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}} [[spoiler:In the scene where Karl is talking to The professor about what he would do if he was ever caught by the police, the professor makes it clear he would kill himself with the bombs attached to him. At the climax of the movie that is exactly what happens..]]
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Karl asks Stevie, his wife's little brother, to deliver a film canister to the cloak room under Piccadilly Circus, but what Stevie doesn't know is that he's actually carrying the time bomb the terrorists asked Karl to carry. Stevie is delayed by several events, and the bomb explodes while Stevie is aboard a bus.]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Shockingly averted. Karl asks Stevie, his wife's little brother, to deliver a film canister to the cloak room under Piccadilly Circus, but what Stevie doesn't know is that he's actually carrying the time bomb the terrorists asked Karl to carry. Stevie is delayed by several events, and the bomb explodes while Stevie is aboard a bus.]]
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* AdaptationDeviation: The film keeps much of ''Literature/TheSecretAgent'' intact, but makes some notable changes. Mrs. Verloc's mother isn't in the film, while Ted Spencer isn't in the novel. SparedByTheAdaptation also comes into play, as [[spoiler:Mrs. Verloc kills herself in the novel]].
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* RewatchBonus: In the blackout scene, Mrs. Verloc telling Spencer "If you don't go away I'll call the police!", unaware that he ''is'' the police.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: A main thread of the story, as we see Karl Verloc try to maintain an image of being a loving husband and caring father figure to his young brother-in-law, even as he participates in despicable plots. The bird shop owner is also shown dealing with his wife and granddaughter.
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* SignatureStyle: An early example of Hitchcock using birds for sinister symbolism, as one of the members of the terrorist cell fronts as a bird shop owner.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Released as ''The Woman Alone'' in America in 1937, though its original title was eventually restored.
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Mrs. Verloc (Sidney) discovers that her husband, Karl (Homolka), a London cinema owner, is a terrorist agent. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard undercover detective Ted Spencer (Loder) has been on the trail of Karl's attacks. Spencer has a chance to foil a bombing plot by the terrorists, but complications arise when the detective's cover is blown, and when Stevie (Desmond Tester), the young brother of Mrs. Verloc, gets mixed up in the plot.
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Mrs. Verloc (Sidney) discovers that and her husband, husband Karl (Homolka), (Homolka) own a London cinema owner, is called the Bijou. Karl secretly works for a terrorist agent. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard group on the side. Ted Spencer (Loder), the friendly employee of a produce market next to the Bijou, is actually an undercover detective Ted Spencer (Loder) for Scotland Yard, and has been on the trail of tracking Karl's attacks.movements. Spencer has a chance to foil a bombing plot by the terrorists, but complications arise when the detective's cover is blown, and when Stevie (Desmond Tester), the young brother of Mrs. Verloc, gets mixed up in the plot.
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* ShoutOut: Hitchcock had been a big fan of Creator/WaltDisney's animated work, and ''[[WesternAnimation/WhoKilledCockRobin1935 Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' plays at the Bijou in a key scene.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Mrs. Verloc, played by New York native Creator/SylviaSidney, is specifically stated to be American, but she gives her a Mid-Atlantic accent that blends in more easily with the other Brits in the story.
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-->'''Second man''': Sabotage!
-->'''Third man''': Wrecking!
-->'''First man''': Deliberate!
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''Sabotage'' (also released as ''The Woman Alone'') is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock and starring Creator/SylviaSidney, Creator/OskarHomolka, and Creator/JohnLoder.
Ms. Verloc (Sidney) discovers that her husband, Karl (Homolka), a London cinema owner, is a terrorist agent. Meanwhile, a Scotland Yard undercover detective (Loder) who has been on the trail of Karl's attacks investigates a plot to set off a bomb in London, but complications arise when the detective's cover is blown.
Not to be confused with Hitchcock's later 1942 film ''Film/{{Saboteur}}''. For that matter, the novel this film is loosely based on, Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/TheSecretAgent'', should not be confused with Hitchcock's film ''Film/{{Secret Agent|1936}}'', also released in 1936, but based on a story by Creator/WSomersetMaugham.
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!!This film features examples of:
* BigBlackout: The film begins with London going dark after losing all of its electricity, as it's revealed later, because sand was put in the boilers of London's electricity grid as an act of sabotage.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: The terrorist gang, who resort to a planned series of attacks in London, though whether they are actually anarchists is unknown since their exact motives are not made clear.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Karl Verloc might accept to deliver bombs for a terrorist gang, but after they ask him to place a bomb at the Piccadilly Circus station, he objects that he is not comfortable with any act that would cause the loss of life (though that doesn't stop him from accepting the task, perhaps because at this point he ''can't'').
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Shockingly averted. Karl asks Stevie, his wife's little brother, to deliver a film canister to the cloak room under Piccadilly Circus, but what Stevie doesn't know is that he's actually carrying the time bomb the terrorists asked Karl to carry. Stevie is delayed by several events, and the bomb explodes while Stevie is aboard a bus.]]
* NeverMyFault: Verloc blames Scotland Yard and Spencer for [[spoiler:Stevie's death]] rather than himself, saying that they were the ones who prevented him from [[spoiler:carrying out the bomb delivery himself]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: It is implied that Karl is with the terrorists not for sharing the same beliefs but because they pay him a pretty penny -- after the London blackout affects the Verlocs' cinema and people demand their money back, Karl assuredly instructs his wife to return the money to the customers, despite her protests, because he has "some money coming in."
* {{Ruritania}}: The gang of terrorists hail from an unnamed European country.
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''Sabotage'' (also released as ''The Woman Alone'') is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock and starring Creator/SylviaSidney, Creator/OskarHomolka, and Creator/JohnLoder.
Ms. Verloc (Sidney) discovers that her husband, Karl (Homolka), a London cinema owner, is a terrorist agent. Meanwhile, a Scotland Yard undercover detective (Loder) who has been on the trail of Karl's attacks investigates a plot to set off a bomb in London, but complications arise when the detective's cover is blown.
Not to be confused with Hitchcock's later 1942 film ''Film/{{Saboteur}}''. For that matter, the novel this film is loosely based on, Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/TheSecretAgent'', should not be confused with Hitchcock's film ''Film/{{Secret Agent|1936}}'', also released in 1936, but based on a story by Creator/WSomersetMaugham.
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!!This film features examples of:
* BigBlackout: The film begins with London going dark after losing all of its electricity, as it's revealed later, because sand was put in the boilers of London's electricity grid as an act of sabotage.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: The terrorist gang, who resort to a planned series of attacks in London, though whether they are actually anarchists is unknown since their exact motives are not made clear.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Karl Verloc might accept to deliver bombs for a terrorist gang, but after they ask him to place a bomb at the Piccadilly Circus station, he objects that he is not comfortable with any act that would cause the loss of life (though that doesn't stop him from accepting the task, perhaps because at this point he ''can't'').
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Shockingly averted. Karl asks Stevie, his wife's little brother, to deliver a film canister to the cloak room under Piccadilly Circus, but what Stevie doesn't know is that he's actually carrying the time bomb the terrorists asked Karl to carry. Stevie is delayed by several events, and the bomb explodes while Stevie is aboard a bus.]]
* NeverMyFault: Verloc blames Scotland Yard and Spencer for [[spoiler:Stevie's death]] rather than himself, saying that they were the ones who prevented him from [[spoiler:carrying out the bomb delivery himself]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: It is implied that Karl is with the terrorists not for sharing the same beliefs but because they pay him a pretty penny -- after the London blackout affects the Verlocs' cinema and people demand their money back, Karl assuredly instructs his wife to return the money to the customers, despite her protests, because he has "some money coming in."
* {{Ruritania}}: The gang of terrorists hail from an unnamed European country.
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