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Release Date: 1936-05-11
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TMDB Rating: 6.1/10 from 176 votes on TMDB
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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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Genres: Thriller|
Mystery|
Romance|
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Release Date: 1936-05-11
Movie Revenue: $0
Movie Runtime: 86
Language: English, German
Secret Agent was released on 11 May 1936. It is a Thriller, Mystery, Romance film with a running time of 86 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. This page is part of Filmoria's growing Thriller collection, covering everything from UK release dates to where to watch.
Filmoria's Take: Audience reaction has been solid without being universal. Now an established part of the catalogue rather than a new release. Fits naturally alongside the other Thriller titles on Filmoria.
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John Gielgud charmingly portrays the novelist-cum-officer dragooned by the British spy service into travelling to Switzerland on the trail of a Nazi spy. He is assigned two assistants - a rather naive, but keen, Madeleine Carroll "Elsa" and a suitable sleazy, but lethal, Peter Lorre "as The General". Their first attempt to fulfil their mission goes awry somewhat, as they dispatch the wrong person. It is at this point their consciences start to kick in and they question the morals of their mission - particularly when they actually do discover the identity of the enemy secret agent. Hitchcock and Charles Bennett adapt the Somerset Maugham story with plenty of attention to the detail and the characterisation; the direction is taut and the suspense on the train towards the end keep this enthralling.
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