Secret Agent

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19361h 26m

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Overview

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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Madeleine Carroll - Elsa Carrington in Secret Agent

Madeleine Carroll

Elsa Carrington

John Gielgud - Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie in Secret Agent

John Gielgud

Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Peter Lorre - The General in Secret Agent

Peter Lorre

The General

Robert Young - Robert Marvin in Secret Agent

Robert Young

Robert Marvin

Percy Marmont - Caypor in Secret Agent

Percy Marmont

Caypor

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Florence Kahn

Mrs. Caypor

Charles Carson - "R" in Secret Agent

Charles Carson

"R"

Lilli Palmer - Lilli in Secret Agent

Lilli Palmer

Lilli

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Movie Info

Release Date

May 31, 1936

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Mystery, Romance, Thriller

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