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Running time. 95 minutes. Country. United Kingdom. Language. English. Box office. $106,606. The Secret Agent is a 1996 British drama-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette.
- $106,606
- Philip Glass
- 8 November 1996
Nov 8, 1996 · The Secret Agent: Directed by Christopher Hampton. With Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent. Verloc lives in London 1886 with a pretty wife and her retarded brother.
- (2.5K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Christopher Hampton
- 1996-11-08
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. The film stars Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, and Robert Young.
- 15 June 1936
- John Greenwood, Louis Levy (director)
Dec 13, 1996 · The action takes place mostly in 1890s London--or in a small, rainy corner of London represented by a claustrophobic studio set. In a shabby street corner shop, a man named Verloc ( Bob Hoskins) sells pornography to furtive men.
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.
- (8.8K)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Not Rated
- Mystery, Thriller
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.
Brief Synopsis. Read More. Agent provocateur Verloc is employed by a foreign embassy to stir up political activity amongst political dissidents who have sought asylum in the relatively free atmosphere of Britain. Tolerated because they pose no real threat, the group is ready to condemn the government, but too lazy to commit t.