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Secret Agent. (1936 film) 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 ...
- 15 June 1936
- John Greenwood, Louis Levy (director)
Sep 6, 2018 · Maybe the onset of Hollywood propaganda films set during WWII cemented itself as a cultural touchstone. Perhaps WWII is easier to film with clear bad guys and heroes. Alfred Hitchcock’s Secret Agent was made in 1936 just before the break of WWII. The film itself takes place in the middle of WWI, known as The Great War at the time.
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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.
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One of the Year’s Ten Best Foreign Films, National Board of Review “Bursts with not-so-hidden sexual innuendos and a heavy dose of comic dialogue as well as Lorre’s unrestrained lunatic comic performance.” – James Monaco, The Movie Guide (1992/1995/1998) The innocent man who is presumed guilty, the charming villain who veils his treachery, the jour...
As it’s so far sadly been overlooked for restoration, Secret Agent is conspicuous by its absence in the line-up of Hitch’s superb six 1930s thrillers available in various countries on BD or even streaming in HD. Which means official options are mostly limited to DVDs or ageing VHS tapes. The only legit transfer is of a well-worn theatrical print wi...
There are many more comparative screenshots of both licensed and bootleg releases at the invaluable Hitchcock Zone.
Several other depictions of WWI spy Richard Ashenden have sprung from the same source; an early one was his appearance in the last segment of Trio, the second of a short series of anthology films based on Maugham’s tales. 1. UK: Network DVD Quartet (1948), Trio (1950) and Encore (1951) – also in 3-DVD Three Films by Somerset Maugham(2007) 2. Greece...
Mystery - Intrigue - Romance, burn a flaming trail among the gay capitals of Europe! Synopsis. British soldier and novelist Edgar Brodie returns home during WWI to find that a government agency has faked a report of his death.
Jan 4, 1988 · The Secret Agent (1936) came to life in the prime of Alfred Hitchcock’s British period. It arrived between the popular triumph of The 39 Steps and the box-office rejection of Sabotage, a more daringly downbeat work. Secret Agent partakes of the lighthearted comedy of the former and the bitter irony of the latter. It is luxuriously cast—John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, Robert ...
aka: Laugh Track: Secret Agent Film Review S ecret Agent is the third, and least known, of five politically themed suspense thrillers which the acclaimed director Alfred Hitchcock made in the mid-1930s, towards the end of the British half of his illustrious filmmaking career.
