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Secret Agent

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.

1936 |1h 26m |  Thriller, Mystery, Romance

Cast

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Madeleine Carroll

Elsa Carrington

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John Gielgud

Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

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Peter Lorre

The General

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Robert Young

Robert Marvin

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Percy Marmont

Caypor

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Charles Carson

"R"

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Lilli Palmer

Lilli

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Sebastian Cabot

Man (uncredited)

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Tom Helmore

Colonel Anderson (uncredited)

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Howard Marion-Crawford

Karl (uncredited)

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Rène Ray

Maid (uncredited)

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Michael Redgrave

Army Officer (uncredited)

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Michael Rennie

Army Captain (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, German

Budget

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Revenue

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