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Feature film — 1936

Secret Agent (1936)

6.11h 26mThriller — Mystery — Romance

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.

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A high-signal pick with 177 votes.

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

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Director: Alfred Hitchcock

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Cast & crew

Madeleine Carroll as Elsa Carrington

Madeleine Carroll

Elsa Carrington

John Gielgud as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

John Gielgud

Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Peter Lorre as The General

Peter Lorre

The General

Robert Young as Robert Marvin

Robert Young

Robert Marvin

Percy Marmont as Caypor

Percy Marmont

Caypor

F

Florence Kahn

Mrs. Caypor

Charles Carson as "R"

Charles Carson

"R"

Lilli Palmer as Lilli

Lilli Palmer

Lilli

D

Denys Blakelock

Man (uncredited)

Sebastian Cabot as Man (uncredited)

Sebastian Cabot

Man (uncredited)

Tom Helmore as Colonel Anderson (uncredited)

Tom Helmore

Colonel Anderson (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos as Manager (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Manager (uncredited)

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