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Language. English. 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 Robert ...
- 15 June 1936
- John Greenwood, Louis Levy (director)
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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- Alfred Hitchcock
- Not Rated
- Mystery, Thriller
Sep 9, 2012 · Jason: There were a couple of technical sequences in Secret Agent that I found admirable. One was a telescope trick, when Ashenden looks in it to watch the General murder Caypor. The camera pans to the telescope’s eyepiece, and we see the close-up action of the General about to kill the guy. That was pretty well executed.
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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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Mar 21, 2021 · Secret Agent (1936) 03/21/2021 | 1h 26m 6s |. My List. Set is World War I, a soldier (John Gielgud) is sent to Switzerland on a secret mission to identify and kill a German agent, in this Alfred ...
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Secret Agent. 1936 · 1 hr 27 min. TV-PG. Mystery · Thriller. The master of suspense directs top actors in the gripping spy tale about a "dead man” on a secret mission in Switzerland with his assassin assistant. Subtitles: English. Starring: Madeleine Carroll Peter Lorre John Gielgud Robert Young Percy Marmont. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock.
