Secret Agent (1936)

Mystery - Intrigue - Romance, burn a flaming trail among the gay capitals of Europe!

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

Recent DVD Releases

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

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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