April 22, 1942 –
One of Hitchcock’s brilliant World War II efforts (and with his first all-American cast), Saboteur, opened in Washington D.C. on this date.
The shot of the ship on its side toward the end was an actual shot of the ocean liner S.S. Normandie, which had caught fire and capsized at its pier in New York. The fire was an accident, not sabotage (a cutting torch accidently set fire to some kapok life vests), though there were rumors of sabotage at the time.
The Haus of Dcaligari 