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English. Secret Agent is a 1936 British espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from the play by Campbell Dixon, which in turn is loosely based on two stories in the 1927 collection Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. [1] The film stars Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, and Robert Young. [1]
Secret Agent: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young. 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.
Secret Agent (1936) is a wacky and serious by turns British historical continental espionage thriller by Alfred Hitchcock, and one able to pull a rather outré punch with its oddity, hilarity, dark subject matter and casual approach to high European super spy-work.
Jun 8, 2020 · He has to kill a German agent. During the mission he meets a fake general first and then Elsa Carrington who helps him in his duty. Starring: John Gielgud as Edgar Brodie Charles Carson as 'R ...
British intelligence fakes the death of Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) to send him on a mission in Switzerland, where as Richard Ashendon he is to locate and kill a Germany spy. Accompanying Brodie ...
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Summaries. 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. During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence Service. He has to kill a German agent.
Mar 21, 2021 · Secret Agent (1936) 03/21/2021 | 1h 26m 6s |. My List. Set is World War I, a soldier (John Gielgud) is sent to Switzerland on a secret mission to identify and kill a German agent, in this...
