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Auction History Result 4d0139 SABOTEUR pressbook 1942 Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, WWII, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 23" [36 x 58 cm]; 12 pages) (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. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned this pressbook once before. The buyer of that pressbook has now reconsigned it to us, so this is still the only example of this pressbook we have ever auctioned! Also note that this very large pressbook was folded across the middle at one time, but it has been laying flat for a long time. Because it is very fragile, we would much prefer to not fold it for shipping, which means it will need to be sent in a very large flat package that will measure approximately 16" x 25" (unless the new owner insists, and it willing to take responsibility for any damage that folding it causes). Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners received pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: fair to good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut, and it was folded across the middle twice at one time (resulting in three horizontal folds). The interior pages had darkened and they had many tears around the edges, and someone put clear tape on the back of those tears, which has darkened as well. The pages are fragile and need to be handled with much care. There are many scuffs on the cover (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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