Secret Agent

Alfred Hitchcock
1936-05-11

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6.083
86 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Madeleine Carroll Elsa Carrington Unowned
John Gielgud Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie Unowned
Peter Lorre The General Unowned
Robert Young Robert Marvin Unowned
Percy Marmont Caypor Unowned
Florence Kahn Mrs. Caypor Unowned
Charles Carson "R" Unowned
Lilli Palmer Lilli Unowned
Denys Blakelock Man (uncredited) Unowned
Sebastian Cabot Man (uncredited) Unowned
Tom Helmore Colonel Anderson (uncredited) Unowned
Andreas Malandrinos Manager (uncredited) Unowned
Howard Marion-Crawford Karl (uncredited) Unowned
Rène Ray Maid (uncredited) Unowned
Michael Redgrave Army Officer (uncredited) Unowned
Michael Rennie Army Captain (uncredited) Unowned
Michel Saint-Denis Coachman (uncredited) Unowned