Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Direction
Hitchcock's cross-country set pieces before he had the budget.
Cinematography
Shadowy American landscapes that feel like enemy territory.
Stunts
That Statue of Liberty finale — practical effects, zero green screen.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Cummings
Barry Kane
Priscilla Lane
Pat Martin
Otto Kruger
Charles Tobin
Alan Baxter
Freeman
Clem Bevans
Neilson
Norman Lloyd
Frank Fry
Alma Kruger
Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
Vaughan Glaser
Mr. Miller
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Mason
Ian Wolfe
Robert
Frances Carson
Society Woman
Murray Alper
Truck Driver
Kathryn Adams
Young Mother
Pedro de Cordoba
Bones - Circus Troupe
Billy Curtis
Midget - Circus Troupe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitchcock wanted Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck; the studio saddled him with contract players. He complained for decades.
Released months after Pearl Harbor, it's pure wartime propaganda — but Hitchcock sneaks in his beloved 'wrong man' obsession anyway.
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