Secret Agent

Secret Agent

1936 · 86 min · EN · 6.1 (177 votes)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · Starring Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Robert Young, Percy Marmont, Florence Kahn

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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 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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A wartime thriller where duty and desire collide. This black and white classic offers a tense, romantic atmosphere, exploring the moral complexities of espionage with a steady, engaging pace.

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