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  1. 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. It is adapted from Joseph Conrad 's 1907 novel of the same name.

    • 8 November 1996
  2. 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.

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    • Drama, Thriller
    • Christopher Hampton
    • 1996-11-08
  3. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. [1] 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.

    • Joseph Conrad
    • 442
    • 1907
    • September 1907
  4. Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc (Bob Hoskins) is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat (Jim ...

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    • Christopher Hampton
    • R
    • Bob Hoskins
  5. Dec 13, 1996 · The Secret Agent. I have been wondering ever since I read it why someone doesn't make a movie out of Joseph Conrad's novel “Victory.”. 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.

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  7. Jul 13, 2016 · 13 July 2016. With a new BBC adaptation starring Toby Jones and Vicky McClure beginning on Sunday 17 July, Joseph Conrad's classic thriller The Secret Agent suddenly feels very of-the-moment ...

  8. The Secret Agent. Joseph Conrad's classic tale of political intrigue in 1890s London. Triple agent Verloc works for the anarchists, the British Police and the Tsarist Embassy. When ordered to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, moral dilemma takes second place to personal tragedy. 10 IMDb 6.6 2 h 1 min 1992. 16+.

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