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Secret Agent (1936)

"Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!"

6.1/10 1h 26m May 31, 1936
Thriller Mystery Romance

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Secret Agent
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.8

Cast

Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll
Elsa Carrington
Popularity: 1.1
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Popularity: 2.2
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
The General
Popularity: 3.9
Robert Young
Robert Young
Robert Marvin
Popularity: 3.6
Percy Marmont
Percy Marmont
Caypor
Popularity: 2.1
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Florence Kahn
Mrs. Caypor
Popularity: 0.1
Charles Carson
Charles Carson
"R"
Popularity: 2.1
Lilli Palmer
Lilli Palmer
Lilli
Popularity: 2.6
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Denys Blakelock
Man (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.8
Sebastian Cabot
Sebastian Cabot
Man (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.2
Tom Helmore
Tom Helmore
Colonel Anderson (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.6
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Andreas Malandrinos
Manager (uncredited)
Popularity: 5.3

Key Crew

Editor Charles Frend
Director Alfred Hitchcock
Producer Ivor Montagu, Michael Balcon
Music Hubert Bath, John Greenwood
Screenplay Charles Bennett
Writer Ian Hay, Jesse Lasky Jr.

Production

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
GB

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Agente Secreto / Secret Agent (1936)
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Keywords

hotel world war i spy switzerland black and white

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jun 19, 2022

John Gielgud charmingly portrays the novelist-cum-officer dragooned by the British spy service into travelling to Switzerland on the trail of a Nazi spy. He is assigned two assistants - a rather naive, but keen, Madeleine Carroll "Elsa" and a suitable sleazy, but lethal, Peter Lorre "as The General" ... Read more

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Details
Release Date May 31, 1936
Runtime 1h 26m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.8
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