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Secret Agent
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1936 film by Alfred Hitchcock
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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.
Released: 1936-05-1186 minDir: Alfred HitchcockThriller, Mystery, Romance
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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
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 659794
- Image
- Hitchcock secret agent.jpg
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- publication date
- 1936-09-28
- title
- Secret Agent
- Commons category
- Secret Agent (1936 film)
- review score
- 87%
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Categories
1930s romantic thriller films1930s spy thriller films1936 British films1936 English-language films1936 filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish romantic thriller filmsBritish spy thriller filmsEnglish-language romantic thriller filmsEnglish-language spy thriller filmsFilms about railway accidents and incidentsFilms based on multiple worksFilms based on short fictionFilms based on works by W. Somerset MaughamFilms directed by Alfred HitchcockFilms produced by Michael BalconFilms set in 1916Films set in SwitzerlandFilms set in the AlpsFilms shot in SwitzerlandRomantic period filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateWorld War I spy films