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Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent': Directed by David Thomas. With Frances Barber, Hywel Bennett, Peter Blythe, Jim Broadbent.
- David Thomas
- 1988-01-17
- Documentary, Biography
- Frances Barber, Hywel Bennett, Peter Blythe
A successful lawyer returns to his small hometown to defend his father, a local judge, against a murder charge. As the trial commences, the urbane counselor slowly begins to reconnect with...
- 2 min
Nov 8, 1996 · 12 Photos. Drama Thriller. Verloc lives in London 1886 with a pretty wife and her retarded brother. He's an agent for the Russian embassy. A new ambassador wants more from him than in the past years - something with a bomb. Verloc also informs the police. Director. Christopher Hampton. Writers. Joseph Conrad. Christopher Hampton. Stars. Bob Hoskins
- (2.6K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Christopher Hampton
- 1996-11-08
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The Secret Agent is a 1996 British drama-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette. It is adapted from Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel of the same name.
The Secret Agent is a three-part British espionage television drama serial based on the 1907 novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. The show stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, David Dawson and Ian Hart. The three-part series began airing on BBC One on 17 July 2016.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring.
It tells the story of a proud, lonely man, the young woman who comes to share his hideaway on an island, the murderers who invade their solitude, and the way he must choose between philosophy and violence. I see John Malkovich as the man and Lili Taylor as the woman.
