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Secret Agent (1936)

"Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!"

Synopsis

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

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Director & Crew

Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer(s) Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, Jesse Lasky Jr.
Producer(s) Ivor Montagu, Michael Balcon

Cast

Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll

Elsa Carrington

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

The General

Robert Young

Robert Young

Robert Marvin

Percy Marmont

Percy Marmont

Caypor

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Florence Kahn

Mrs. Caypor

Charles Carson

Charles Carson

"R"

Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer

Lilli

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Denys Blakelock

Man (uncredited)

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Man (uncredited)

Tom Helmore

Tom Helmore

Colonel Anderson (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Andreas Malandrinos

Manager (uncredited)

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