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Auction History Result 2f024 SABOTEUR linen Italian 2p R50s Hitchcock, different Carretti art of Bob Cummings & explosion! Date Sold 9/3/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (2p; measures 55" x 78" [140 x 198 cm]) (Learn More) Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (released in other English-speaking countries as "The Man Behind Your Back"), the 1942 Alfred Hitchcock World War II (WWII) spy espionage crime suspense thriller ("You'd like to say - It Can't Happen Here! ...but every jolting scene is True!!"; "3000 miles of terror!"; "Secret lookouts! Rats... in evening dress! Aircraft plant destroyed! A battleship blasted!"; about a factory worker who is falsely accused of sabotaging his factory and causing the death of a co-worker, but actually, he is just being set up by a group of spies; the man flees, trying to clear himself, while he is pursued by both the spies and police; he ends up thrown together with pretty Priscilla Lane, who at first thinks he is guilty, but comes to believe in his innocence) starring Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings (Bob Cummings), Norman Lloyd (in the title role), Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Alma Kruger, Dorothy Peterson, Clem Bevans, Jean Trent, Will Wright, Tony Randall (uncredited and in his first role), Billy Curtis, Mary Curtis (Billy and Mary were little people, as well as husband and wife, in a circus sequence in this movie). Note that Hitchcock "borrowed" many of the plot elements of his classic British movie "The 39 Steps", updating the plot to a World War II setting. Also, the real saboteurs were intended to be Nazis in the script but the movie never mentions this. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: E. Carretti Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster had tiny paper loss at just a few crossfolds and a very few creases, scuffs, and tiny tears on parts of some foldlines. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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