Secret Agent (1936 film)

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Secret Agent
original film poster
Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Written by	W. Somerset Maugham (novel), Campbell Dixon (play), Charles Bennett (screenplay)
Starring	John Gielgud Peter Lorre Madeleine Carroll
Release date(s)	May 1936 U.K. release June 15, 1936 U.S. release
Running time	86 min
Language	English
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For other uses, see Secret agent (disambiguation).

Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Young

[edit] Plot

Gielgud plays a British officer, who had been a famed writer before the war (World War I), whose death is faked before being sent by the head of British intelligence, "R", to Switzerland on a secret mission. Carroll plays a woman agent who pretends to be his wife. They meet Lorre, who is their contact in Switzerland. The plot involves, among other common Hitchcock themes, mistaken identity and murder.

[edit] Trivia

Alfred Hitchcock cameo: A signature occurrence in almost all of Hitchcock's films, he can be seen coming down the ship's gangway in front of Ashenden, at about 8 minutes into the film.

[edit] External links

Secret Agent at the Internet Movie Database

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