SABOTEUR / THE FLAME AND THE ARROW

ABOUT THE FILMS

SABOTEUR, 1942, Universal, 108 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock transfers the successful formula of his British films to Hollywood by telling yet another story of a falsely accused man on the run. This time it’s Robert Cummings as Barry Kane, an aircraft worker who is blamed for an explosion at his factory. As Kane hunts down the real saboteurs, Hitchcock uses his familiar chase structure to justify slyly satirical musings on patriotism and its flipside, paranoid ideas that culminate in the wonderful climax set on top of the Statue of Liberty. Norman Lloyd co-stars as one of the most wickedly engaging villains in the Hitchcock oeuvre.

FORMAT: DCP

THE FLAME AND THE ARROW, 1950, Warner Bros., 88 min. Dir. Jacques Tourneur

In Jacques Tourneur’s swashbuckling adventure, Burt Lancaster stars as Dado, a medieval Italian hero who leads a band of patriots in the battle against their German Hessian conquerors. When Dado’s former wife (Virginia Mayo) decides to wed his sworn enemy, the German Count Ulrich (Frank Allenby), the fight becomes personal. 

FORMAT: 35mm