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Secret Agent ()

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After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
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Ashenden
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The General
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Elsa
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Marvin
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Caypor
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Mrs. Caypor
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'R'
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Lilli
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Denys Blakelock ...
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Col. Anderson (uncredited)
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Karl (uncredited)
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Maid (uncredited)
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Army Officer (uncredited)
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Army Captain (uncredited)
Michel Saint-Denis ...
Coachman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alfred Hitchcock

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Campbell Dixon ... (play)
 
W. Somerset Maugham ... (novel "Ashenden")
 
Charles Bennett ... (screenplay)
 
Ian Hay ... (dialogue)
 
Jesse Lasky Jr. ... (additional dialogue)

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Michael Balcon ... producer (uncredited)
Ivor Montagu ... associate producer (uncredited)

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John Greenwood ... (uncredited)

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Bernard Knowles ... (photography)

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Charles Frend

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Oscar Friedrich Werndorff ... (as O.Werndorff)

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Joe Strassner ... (dresses) (as J.Strassner)

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Pen Tennyson ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Albert Jullion ... assistant art director (uncredited) / set dresser (uncredited)

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Philip Dorté ... sound recordist (as Phillip Dorté)

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Stephen Dade ... camera operator (uncredited)
Reg Johnson ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Gerry Massy-Collier ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Louis Levy ... musical director

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Alma Reville ... continuity

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Michael Rennie ... stand-in (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

World War 1. Novelist Edgar Brodie is shocked to discover that, according to the newspapers, he has died. This turns out to be a cover for a clandestine operation British Intelligence has for him. As Richard Ashenden, he is to go to Switzerland to track down and eliminate a German agent who is undermining British operations in the Middle East. When he gets to his Swiss hotel, he discovers that there's a Mrs Ashenden, and she's in his room. Written by grantss

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Also Known As
  • Laugh Track: Secret Agent (United States)
  • Quatre de l'espionnage (France)
  • Geheimagent (Germany)
  • El agente secreto (Spain)
  • Agent secret (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 86 min
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Trivia Sir Alfred Hitchcock convinced Sir John Gielgud to play the lead by describing the hero as a modern-day Hamlet. Gielgud, however, ended up hating that his character was an enigma. See more »
Goofs Although the film is set in 1916, fashion, hairstyles and set decoration are contemporary to 1936. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Alfred Hitchcock: More Than Just a Profile (2005). See more »
Soundtracks Bulgar Folk Song See more »
Quotes Mrs. Caypor: Do you understand German, Mr. Marvin?
Robert Marvin: Not a word -- but I speak it fluently.
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