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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
- 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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