Secret Agent
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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alfred Hitchcock
Madeleine Carroll
Peter Lorre
John Gielgud
Robert Young
Percy Marmont
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Synopsis
After his supposed death, spy Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland, under the alias of Richard Ashenden, to locate a German spy. He and his associates identify the wrong man as the German spy, and murder him. They locate the real spy on a train to the Middle East, and in the ensuing train wreck, the German spy is killed. Richard and Elsa, the spy posing as his wife, resign their positions and marry.
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Director
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Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
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Madeleine Carroll
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Peter Lorre
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John Gielgud
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Robert Young
Percy Marmont
Florence Kahn
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Charles Carson
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Lilli Palmer
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Alfred Hitchcock
Crew
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Film Details
Technical Specs
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Modern sources include Producer Michael Balcon, Associate Producer Ivor Montagu, Design Oscar Werndorff and Albert Jullion, Costumes Joe Strassner and Sound Philip Dorte in the production.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1936
Released in United States November 1971
Released in United States 1936
Released in United States November 1971 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (The Alfred Hitchcock Marathon) November 4-14, 1971.)
Re-released in Zurich August 9, 1991.