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Auction History Result 2c039 SABOTEUR signed 1/2sh 1942 by Norman Lloyd, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Cummings, Lane, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/12/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Autographed Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been personally autographed (signed) by Norman Lloyd! Our consignor is a longtime collector who purchased this signed item many years ago from a reputable dealer. He does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we believe the signature to surely be authentic. Note that we have only previously auctioned an example of a different style half-sheet, and we have never before auctioned this yellow style! Also note that this poster has never been machine folded! Some pre-1970 half-sheet posters were machine folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 half-sheet posters (note that most post-1970 half-sheets were NOT machine folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those half-sheets). Condition: good to very good. The poster was never folded. There are creases, smudges, stains, and some tears around the edges. There is a 4" tear with tiny paper loss in the middle of the right border that extends into the red background. Someone put small pieces of tape on the back of the tears and performed some slight amateur restoration to the front without backing the poster. The vast majority of the defects are in the borders and the image area is in nice condition (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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