Secret Agent (1936)
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.
- Released
- 1936-05-11
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery, Romance
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Bennett
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 177 votes
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
- Charles Carson as "R"
- Lilli Palmer as Lilli
- Denys Blakelock as Man (uncredited)
- Sebastian Cabot as Man (uncredited)
- Tom Helmore as Colonel Anderson (uncredited)
- Andreas Malandrinos as Manager (uncredited)