Movie
Secret Agent
Overview
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
Details
- Release date
- 1936-05-11
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Madeleine Carroll as Elsa Carrington
- John Gielgud as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
- Peter Lorre as The General
- Robert Young as Robert Marvin
- Percy Marmont as Caypor
- Florence Kahn as Mrs. Caypor
- Charles Carson as "R"
- Lilli Palmer as Lilli
- Denys Blakelock as Man (uncredited)
- Sebastian Cabot as Man (uncredited)
- Tom Helmore as Colonel Anderson (uncredited)
- Andreas Malandrinos as Manager (uncredited)
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- Ian Hay - Writer
- Jesse Lasky Jr. - Writer
- Charles Bennett - Screenplay
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