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Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on two stories in Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, and Robert Young. Future star Michael Redgrave made a brief, uncredited appearance; he would play the male lead in Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938). The work was also Michael Rennie's film debut (though an uncredited one).
Typical Hitchcockian themes used in Secret Agent include mistaken identity and murder.
Original Release
06/12/1936
US Release
06/12/1936
Cast
Name | Character |
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Madeleine Carroll | Elsa Carrington |
Peter Lorre | The General |
John Gielgud | Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie |
Robert Young | Robert Marvin |
Percy Marmont | Caypor |
Florence Kahn | Mrs. Caypor |
Charles Carson | 'R' / "R" |
Lilli Palmer | Lilli |
Denys Blakelock | Minor Role |
Sebastian Cabot | Bit Part |
Directors
Writers
Campbell Dixon, W. Somerset Maugham, Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, Jesse Lasky Jr.
Cast
Name | Character |
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Madeleine Carroll | Elsa Carrington |
Peter Lorre | The General |
John Gielgud | Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie |
Robert Young | Robert Marvin |
Percy Marmont | Caypor |
Florence Kahn | Mrs. Caypor |
Charles Carson | 'R' / "R" |
Lilli Palmer | Lilli |
Denys Blakelock | Minor Role |
Sebastian Cabot | Bit Part |
Tom Helmore | Col. Anderson |
Andreas Malandrinos | Manager |
Howard Marion-Crawford | Karl - Lilli's Fiancé |
René Ray | Maid |
Michael Redgrave | Army Officer |
Michael Rennie | Army Captain |
Michel Saint-Denis | Coachman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Balcon | Producer |
Ivor Montagu | Producer |