Secret Agent (1936)

  • NR
  • 06/12/1936 (US)
  • Thriller, Mystery, Romance
  • 1h 26m

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Overview

After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

W. Somerset Maugham

Novel

Charles Bennett

Screenplay

Ian Hay

Writer

Jesse Lasky Jr.

Writer

Cast

Madeleine Carroll's headshot

Madeleine Carroll

Elsa Carrington
John Gielgud's headshot

John Gielgud

Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Peter Lorre's headshot

Peter Lorre

The General
Robert Young's headshot

Robert Young

Robert Marvin
Percy Marmont's headshot

Percy Marmont

Caypor
Florence Kahn's headshot

Florence Kahn

Mrs. Caypor
Charles Carson's headshot

Charles Carson

"R"
Lilli Palmer's headshot

Lilli Palmer

Lilli

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