| Secret Agent | |
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 original film poster |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Ivor Montagu |
| Written by | W. Somerset Maugham (novel) Alma Reville (screenplay) |
| Starring | John Gielgud Peter Lorre Madeleine Carroll Robert Young |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Editing by | Charles Fren |
| Release date(s) | May 1936 (U.K.) June 15, 1936 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 86 min |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
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
Plot
Gielgud plays a British officer, a once famous writer who fakes his death during World War I, and is sent by the mysterious "R", head of British intelligence, to Switzerland on a secret mission. Meanwhile, Carroll plays a female agent who poses as his wife. Togethor, they meet their contact in the country, Lorre. Typical Hitchcockian themes used here include mistaken identity and murder.
