Secret Agent

1936Rated6.11h 26mThriller, Mystery, Romance

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.

Starring: Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud, Peter Lorre

Cast

  • Madeleine CarrollElsa Carrington
  • John GielgudRichard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
  • Peter LorreThe General
  • Robert YoungRobert Marvin
  • Percy MarmontCaypor
  • Florence KahnMrs. Caypor
  • Charles Carson"R"
  • Lilli PalmerLilli
  • Denys BlakelockMan (uncredited)
  • Sebastian CabotMan (uncredited)

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