
Secret Agent
19361h 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)












