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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)
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
Jan 1, 2024 · The movie stops cold because there’s a serious moral question that comes up and it shakes the pair of secret agents rather thoroughly. Suddenly, the movie isn’t a spy adventure but a drama about the effects of the spy game and the fog of war on the individual caught in the middle of it.
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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.
- Manish Mathur
John Gielgud's characterless performance and Peter Lorre's comical over-acting may also have contributed to the film's unpopularity. Although it has some flaws and is certainly less polished than Hitchcock's other British thrillers, Secret Agent is an entertaining example of its genre, shot through with occasional moments of artistic brilliance.
- Alfred Hitchcock
Sep 23, 2023 · An espionage thriller-comedy set during World War I, Secret Agent was Hitchcock’s immediate follow-up to his seminal picture, The 39 Steps.The script for Secret Agent was based on two stories by Somerset Maugham (“The Traitor” and “The Hairless Mexican”) –Maugham was himself once worked as a secret agent and his stories unsurprisingly served as a source of inspiration for Ian Fleming.
Sep 9, 2012 · The Hitchcock Conversations is an ongoing project between me and James W. Powell, in which we study Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography in chronological order. I’ll be publishing one conversation per week. (By necessity, spoilers ahead!) Synopsis: British soldier and novelist Edgar Brodie returns home during World War I to find that a government agency has faked […]
