Movie Description
Secret Agent
(1936)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Alfred Hitchcock
- Producer : Michael Balcon,Ivor Montagu
- Writer : Jesse Lasky Jr.,Ian Hay
- Editor : Charles Frend
- Cast : Madeleine Carroll,John Gielgud,Peter Lorre,Robert Young,Percy Marmont,Florence Kahn,Charles Carson,Lilli Palmer,Denys Blakelock,Sebastian Cabot,Tom Helmore,Andreas Malandrinos,Howard Marion-Crawford,Rène Ray,Michael Redgrave,Michael Rennie,Michel Saint-Denis
Cast
Elsa Carrington
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
The General
Robert Marvin
Caypor
Mrs. Caypor
"R"
Lilli
Man (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Colonel Anderson (uncredited)
Manager (uncredited)
Karl (uncredited)
Maid (uncredited)
Army Officer (uncredited)
Army Captain (uncredited)
Coachman (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleSecret Agent
Status Released
Release Information
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1936-05-11
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 26m
Production CompaniesGaumont-British Picture Corporation
Genres
- Thriller
- Mystery
- Romance
