Secret Agent

1936 · TMDB 6.1

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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.

Madeleine Carroll John Gielgud Peter Lorre Robert Young Percy Marmont Florence Kahn Charles Carson Lilli Palmer Denys Blakelock Sebastian Cabot Tom Helmore Andreas Malandrinos

Director · Alfred Hitchcock Producer · Michael Balcon Producer · Ivor Montagu Writer · Charles Bennett Writer · Ian Hay Writer · Jesse Lasky Jr. Cinematography · Bernard Knowles Editor · Charles Frend

Runtime: 86 min
Released: 1936-05-11
Studio: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TMDB score: 6.1

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