Hitchcock is visible for a moment as customer in front of the shop at 61 minutes or 01:01:00 when the hero arrives in New York. It's a very short cameo. Blink, and you miss him!
But Wikipedia confirms it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saboteur_%28film%29
Thanks...I've been able to catch Hitch in most of his films, but never in this one. He once stated that he appeared early on in his later films rather than making his audience wait to see him. Typical Hitch remark, huh? This is one of my favorites and I try to catch it when it's on. And I'm pretty sure I have it taped, too. I'll try to see if I can catch him. Thanks again.
shareThe reason he came on so early in his later films was the TV stardom that began in 1955. Everybody knew what he looked like. Not so in the early 40s. Hitch was a bit more of a "private joke cameo" in his 30's and early 40's films, though he certainly got some "focus" in "Lifeboat"(the Before/After ad.)
He's blink-and-you-miss him right up through "Man Who Knew Too Much '56," where I think he is seen from behind at the bazaar.
But from "Vertigo" on, he comes on early and very much in a "showboating" way.
His best cameo of that period: missing the bus in "North by Northwest" just as his credit Directed By Alfred Hitchcock comes up(the only time THAT happened.)
His longest cameo of the period: Frenzy. As if to celebrate the comeback he knew he had made, Hitchcock appears TWICE in separate shots in the opening speech by the Thames scene, and the second time, he remains on screen for about a full minute as another character opines on the latest victim of "the Necktie Killer."