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Secret Agent
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1936 film by Alfred Hitchcock
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Secret Agent is a 1936 British black-and-white spy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay was written by Charles Bennett, Alma Reville, John Hay Beith, and Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. The cast includes John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, and Robert Young. Produced by Michael Balcon and Ivor Montagu for Gaumont, the film was shot in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, with Bernard Knowles serving as director of photography.
The narrative is set in Switzerland, focusing on the Alps, and runs for 86 minutes. Louis Levy composed the score, while Charles Frend edited the film. It is categorized as a spy, drama, comedy, and black comedy film, with some sources also listing it under Crime and Mystery genres. The movie was distributed by Associated British Picture Corporation and Netflix, as well as via video on demand. It holds a review score of 7.6 out of 10 and 87 percent.
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Film · TMDB
6.1During 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.
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
Themes
- hotel
- world war i
- spy
- switzerland
- black and white
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Alps
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Campbell Dixon
- Cast member
- Michael Rennie
- Composer
- Louis Levy
- Producer
- Ivor Montagu
- Production company
- Gaumont
- Cinematographer
- Bernard Knowles
- Narrative location
- Switzerland
- Filming location
- Switzerland
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 659794
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Hitchcock secret agent.jpg
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- publication date
- 1936-09-28
- film editor
- Charles Frend
- title
- Secret Agent
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Secret Agent (1936 film)
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 87%
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