Secret Agent (1936)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Technical Information 3 DVD Recommendations 4 Recent DVD Releases 4.1 released in 2008 4.2 released in 2007 4.3 released in 2005 5 See Also... 6 Image Gallery 7 Film Frames 8 Themes 9 Cast and Crew

Synopsis

British soldier and novelist Edgar Brodie returns home during WWI to find that a government agency has faked a report of his death. They get him to change his name to Richard Ashenden and travel to Switzerland to track down a German agent. (© IMDB)

Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: mono
• aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Spherical
• running time: 86 minutes
• production studio: Gaumont British Picture Corporation Limited & Rank Film Organization
• also known as:
  • Quatre de l'Espionnage (1936) - France

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Recent DVD Releases

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released in 2008

Secret Agent (1936) - Network (UK, 2008) - part of a box set PAL 1.33:1

released in 2007

Der Geheimagent (1936) - AmCo Tonträger (Germany, 2007)‎ R2 PAL 1.33:1

released in 2005

	Quatre de l'Espionnage (1936) - TF1 Vidéo (France, 2005) - part of a box set R2 PAL 1.33:1 [01:22:24]
	Secret Agent (1936) - Waterfall Home Entertainment Ltd (UK, 2005) R2 PAL 1.33:1
	The Secret Agent (1936) - Video/Film Express (Netherlands, 2005) R2 PAL 1.33:1 [01:22:28]
	Secret Agent (1936) - St. Clair Vision (USA, 2005) - part of a box set R0 NTSC 1.33:1 [01:25:54]

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See Also...

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Image Gallery

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Film Frames

Themes

• the icy blonde - Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll)

Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock

Starring:

• John Gielgud - Edgar Brodie / Richard Ashenden
• Peter Lorre - The General
• Madeleine Carroll - Elsa Carrington
• Robert Young - Robert Marvin
• Percy Marmont - Caypor
• Florence Kahn - Mrs Caypor
• Charles Carson - "R"
• Lilli Palmer - Lilli
• Tom Helmore - Colonel Anderson
• Michael Redgrave - Army Captain

Produced by:

• Michael Balcon
• Ivor Montagu

Written by:

• W Somerset Maugham - original novel ("Ashenden")
• Charles Bennett
• Alma Reville

Photographed by:

• Bernard Knowles

Edited by:

• Charles Frend

Music by:

• Louis Levy - musical director

Costume Design by:

• Joe Strassner

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