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2016, UK BBC miniseries in three episodes, starring Toby Jones and Vicky McClure. [4] Various scenes from the novel were also dramatised in Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent (1987), a 60-minute UK documentary featuring Frances Barber, Hywel Bennett, Jim Broadbent and Brian Glover.
- Joseph Conrad
- 442
- 1907
- September 1907
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. He's an agent for the Russian embassy.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Christopher Hampton
- 1996-11-08
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.
- $106,606
- Philip Glass
- 8 November 1996
Dec 13, 1996 · In a more perfect world, I could go on to describe the movie, its surprises and riches, its depths of character, its marriage of ideas and action. But in this world I am forced instead to review “The Secret Agent,” an overcast new film made from a different novel by Joseph Conrad (from, indeed, perhaps the least filmable novel he ever wrote).
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc (Bob Hoskins) is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat (Jim Broadbent) about a lazy anarchist ...
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- Christopher Hampton
- R
- Bob Hoskins
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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+.
1 hr 30 mins. Drama, Suspense. R. Watchlist. A British double-agent is ordered to plant a bomb to destroy the Greenwich Observatory clock. His mission is complicated by his efforts to ensure that...
