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John Gielgud charmingly portrays the novelist-cum-officer dragooned by the British spy service into travelling to Switzerland on the trail of a Nazi spy. He is assigned two assistants - a rather naive, but keen, Madeleine Carroll "Elsa" and a suitable sleazy, but lethal, Peter Lo…
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Secret Agent
“Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!”
61%
Movie
1h 26m
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Secret Agent (1936) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Secret Agent (1936) — a movie tagged as Thriller, Mystery, and Romance with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambiva… Our models also surface themes such as identity and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~86 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Secret Agent 61% (169 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
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- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1936-05-11
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- TMDB rating
- 6.1
- TMDB ID
- 2761
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During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for Secret Agent is approximately 86 minutes.
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Cast
Madeleine Carroll
Elsa Carrington
John Gielgud
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Peter Lorre
The General
Robert Young
Robert Marvin
Percy Marmont
Caypor
- F
Florence Kahn
Mrs. Caypor
Charles Carson
"R"
Lilli Palmer
Lilli
- D
Denys Blakelock
Man (uncredited)
Sebastian Cabot
Man (uncredited)
Tom Helmore
Colonel Anderson (uncredited)
Andreas Malandrinos
Manager (uncredited)
Howard Marion-Crawford
Karl (uncredited)
Rène Ray
Maid (uncredited)
Michael Redgrave
Army Officer (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Army Captain (uncredited)
- M
Michel Saint-Denis
Coachman (uncredited)
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John Gielgud charmingly portrays the novelist-cum-officer dragooned by the British spy service into travelling to Switzerland on the trail of a Nazi spy. He is assigned two assistants - a rather naive, but keen, Madeleine Carroll "Elsa" and a suitable sleazy, but lethal, Peter Lorre "as The General". Their first attempt to fulfil their mission goes awry somewhat, as they dispatch the wrong person. It is at this point their consciences start to kick in and they question the morals of their mission - particularly when they actually do discover the identity of the enemy secret agent. Hitchcock and Charles Bennett adapt the Somerset Maugham story with plenty of attention to the detail and the characterisation; the direction is taut and the suspense on the train towards the end keep this enthralling.
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